You don't think much of them when you see them on the street. But manhole covers – all 42,000 in Massachusetts -- can actually be quite dangerous. You don't think much of them when you see them on the ...

WELL, EVERSOURCE PROVIDING AN UPDATE NOW, SAYING WHILE THEY WERE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE, THEY DETERMINED THAT IT’S AN UNDERGROUND CABLE THAT WAS DAMAGED AND THAT INDICATED A FAULT AT THE EXPLOSION ...

Pittston City Council agreed Wednesday to hire a contractor to install a manhole at the extreme east end of Nafus Street after learning the work was too much for city employees. Council decided to ...

While the odds of getting struck by an exploding manhole cover are low, they’re not zero. According to the 2021 New York City Mayor Management Report, the New York Fire Department responded to 261 ...

A 51-year-old worker was killed Tuesday morning in a construction accident on the West Side. The man was installing a manhole in the 5100 block of Rogers Road about 8 a.m. when a section of shoring ...

On a morning in early June, a manhole exploded on High Street in downtown Boston, launching its 200-pound iron cover several feet through the air and severely disrupting the morning commute. About a ...

How many manhole covers are there in New York City? How are they made? Where do they lead to? In an episode of The Untapped New York Podcast we go over manhole covers 101 and discuss why New Yorkers ...

The city of Northampton is spending $20,000 to install four manhole covers downtown featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The original comic book was co-created by Kevin Easthampton, who lived ...

You don't think much of them when you see them on the street. But manhole covers – all 42,000 in Massachusetts -- can actually be quite dangerous.