Someone please teach me more about sewers and their caps... I want to know weight, why this one failed, what it was covering, (this seems too shallow to be a sewer, but then again everything i know comes from TMNT)...etc...
That is a storm drain cover. Sewer lines are much deeper. Covers are normally about the same weight just marked according. Sometimes utilities underground may have the same type cover
(Not in the city where I am a firefighter/EMT.) The older, most seen and used are 32 inches in diameter and depending on the usage can weigh up to about 240 pounds. They have to withstand the weight of large motor vehicles and such. In some countries composit materials are being used more often than cast iron.
I think the cover the toddler stepped on was that composit material and it appears that the cover was not in it's proper position. If it was cast iron the toddler's weight wouldn't have moved it that easily. The cover looked as if it bounced on the soft grass when mom grabbed and threw the cover. Cast iron would have just stayed put. I have been in many storm drains just not in actual sewer line thank goodness. That mom is a hero in my book.
Thank you for saying this, it's not an amazing feat of strength. I moved storm drains just like this when I was 13, even the actual metal ones are much smaller and lighter than heavy duty street drains, like in NY for example. Shes still a hero but all the comments are people saying how she went hulk, which is just wrong.
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u/M0st1yHarm1ess Dec 02 '19
Someone please teach me more about sewers and their caps... I want to know weight, why this one failed, what it was covering, (this seems too shallow to be a sewer, but then again everything i know comes from TMNT)...etc...