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Old 05-21-2003, 02:32 PM  
John3
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The reason for the circular construction of these covers is, quite simply, that covers of any other shape would fall through the manholes by virtue of their varying diameters.
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I got into this discussion about 2 weeks ago with an engineer. He was taught the same thing I quoted above about 20 years ago in school.

It's wrong.
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