Pavement Appreciation
Surveyors from utility companies are the true graffiti vandals of the pavement. Their fluoro diagrams warn that the street is going to be dug up. They are reminders that the pavement is the roof over a busy underground world of pipes, wires and tunnels. Manhole covers are the skylights in this roof. Their cast iron embossing preserves the history of successions of utilities.
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Paving. Newtown (Sydney), 2010.
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Manhole fountain on a very wet day. Enmore (Sydney), 2011.
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Manhole fountain on a very wet day. Enmore (Sydney), 2011.
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Painted manhole cover on resurfaced road. Chippendale (Sydney), 2010.
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Manhole place-marker on a resurfaced road. Broadway (Sydney), 2003.
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MC of S. Manhole cover installed by what used to be called the Municipal Council of Sydney. Newtown (Sydney), 2009.
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PMG. Formerly the Post Master General’s department administered telephone services in Australia. Newtown (Sydney), 1999.
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City of Sydney – Electric Light. Sydney Council was the provider of electricity from 1904 to 1934. Stanmore (Sydney), 1999.
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NMC. Cast iron drain outlet with the initials of the former Newtown Municipal Council. Newtown (Sydney), 1999.
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AWA. Service cover on traffic light controls. Newtown (Sydney), 1999.
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Thomson & Salmon Drainers King St. Newtown S[ewer]. Newtown (Sydney), 1999.
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MWS&DB service lid. The Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board is now called Sydney Water. Pitt Street Mall, Sydney, 2009.
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Construct ramp. Undercliff (Sydney), 2003.
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Seat. Newtown (Sydney), 2003.
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Map of the underground. Petersham (Sydney), 2008.
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Asphalt – Concrete. Newtown (Sydney), 2007.
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Workers marking out site. Haymarket, Sydney, 2004.
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Depth 700 to sandstone. Broadway (Sydney), 2008.
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Wall. Ultimo (Sydney), 2010.
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Sewer. Surry Hills (Sydney), 2009.
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Junction box below. Roselands (Sydney), 2009.
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Survey marks. Sydney city, 2008.
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Ausgrid SL fault 31.3.11. Darlinghurst (Sydney), 2011.
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Expose. Newtown (Sydney), 2011.
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End of works. Sydney city, 2009.
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Limit of work. Survey map. Glebe (Sydney), 2008.
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Roadwork survey marks. Glebe (Sydney), 2008.
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Survey marks. Surry Hills (Sydney), 2009.
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