28 Apr 2021

Bell Maintenance Hole Cover

 Round manhole cover covered with a hexagonal pattern, and a Bell logo in the center. Surrounded by grass.

Location: everywhere
Date photo taken: 25 November 2020

The streets and lots of Toronto are dotted with circular metal discs. While most of us walk and drive over them daily, rarely do we stop to take notice. That's a shame really as some of them are quite pretty. While Toronto, for the most part, may lack the stand-out designs found in some other cities, our covers still have a certain charm. I'm particularly partial to the Bell Canada ones, with their pattern of hexagons. The central logo also appeals to the history nut in me. Thanks to it and a cool timeline on the BCE website, I know that this particular cover was installed sometime between 1965 and 1976.

NeaTO: While most of the city's covers are standard issue, Toronto does have a few unique designs underfoot. The very first NeaTO post back in October 2012 featured one of them - the sewer access covers in Regent Park.

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