Washington
DC |
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![Water Meter Brown Study](images/dcwater.jpg)
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Water Meter Brown
Study
Love those stars. How appropriate for the U.S.
Capital.
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![Water Meter Gray Study](images/dc4a.jpg)
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Water Meter Gray Study
...this one has stars too.
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![Water Meter in the Grass](images/dcwatermeter.jpg)
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Water Meter in the Grass
...and another.
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![Water Dept. Valve in the Grass](images/dcwaterdept.jpg)
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Water Dept. Valve
in the Grass
...not far from the White House.
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![Water Meter with Black Outline](images/dcwater1.jpg)
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Water Meter with Black Outline
I've never seen a water meter with such a large black
outline. Maybe it was a sewer cover before they turned it into a
water meter? |
![Water Dept. with Yellow Stripe](images/dcwater2a.jpg)
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Water Dept. with Yellow
Paint
I thought yellow paint indicated gas?
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![DC Dept. of Highways Surveyor's Marker](images/dcsurvey.jpg)
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DC Dept. of
Highways Surveyor's Marker
I don't remember any highway near the DC Mall.
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![C. H. L. & PP Pipe Tunnel](images/dcpipe1.jpg)
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C. H. L. & PP
Pipe Tunnel
Neat checkerboard pattern. What's a pipe
tunnel? Is that like reverse direction sewer?
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![Cover on the Sidewalk Pavement](images/dc10a.jpg)
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Cover on the
Sidewalk Pavement
...with grass. You know, like Lucy in the sky,
with diamonds.
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![Nautical Theme Cover](images/dc12a.jpg)
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Nautical Theme
Cover
Maybe this has to do with the Navy?
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![Sewer Dept. Cover](images/dc15.jpg)
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Sewer Dept. Cover
Pink on red with a brown outline.
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![Water Dept. Cover](images/dc7.jpg)
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Water Dept. Cover
They look the same don't they. Ha!
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![Cover in the Grid](images/dc19a.jpg)
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Cover in the Plaza
Grid
I think someone had been traveling to a foreign country
when they conceived of this solution to the round hole in a square grid
problem...
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![Looking Up Inside the Capitol](images/dc17.jpg)
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Looking Up Inside the Capitol
This is what the pols see everyday.
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![Grid Cover with White Street Lines](images/dclinegridbw.jpg)
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Grid Cover with White Street Lines
Now that's how a government should be run.
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![W. ?? Co. Drip Cover](images/dc11.jpg)
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W. ?? Co. Drip Cover
I can't read it. Sorry. Go ask Diane.
I'm just shootin'. No time to research and write a book. I got
bills to pay. |
![What a Gas!](images/dcgas3.jpg)
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What a Gas!
Now does that look like it's been on fire with
gas? Yep.
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![Grid Cover with Weeds](images/dcgridcover.jpg)
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Grid Cover with Weeds
This one looks like the grid blades are sharp like a
knife.
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![Mondrian / Lewitt Drain](images/dc3b.jpg)
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Mondrian /Lewitt Drain
Well, somewhere in between Piet and Sol.
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![Decorative Drain](images/dc1a.jpg)
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Decorative Drain
This one must've been donated by the French, since it's
very similar to ones seen and photographed in Paris.
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![Toynbee Mosaic](images/dc5b.jpg)
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Toynbee Mosaic
OK. Who did this? It doesn't look official.
I just saw two others just like it in Chicago and NYC.
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![Hex Cover in a Hex Plaza](images/dc6a.jpg)
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Hex Valve in a
Round Cover in a Hex Plaza
We could call this HEX rounded and hexed, or should that
be a rounded HEX hexed? Or maybe... ... ...
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![Circle in a Circle](images/dccircles.jpg)
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Circle in a Circle
OK, let's see... circle in a circle in a square, or
circle squared and squared? Great browns.
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![Cover with a Cross](images/dccross2.jpg)
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Circle in a Cover with a Cross
What do you think?
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![Several Covers in the Grass](images/dcgrass2.jpg)
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Several Covers in the Grass
I'm not even going to attempt this one.
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![Massive Square Cover in the Grass](images/dc18.jpg)
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Massive Square Cover in the Grass
I think this one may qualify as a splendid, highly
evolved, almost militaristic wandjina? |
![Electrical Division Capsule Cover](images/dc13a.jpg)
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Electrical Division
Capsule Cover in Cracked Cement
This is a sign of a healthy, vibrant public utility.
Not.
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![Electrical Division Capsule Cover in Twigs and Dirt](images/dc8b.jpg)
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Electrical Division
Capsule Cover in Twigs and Dirt
Another sign of a healthy, vibrant public utility.
Not..
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![Electrical Division Capsule Cover in Crumbling Cement](images/dc9a.jpg)
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Electrical Division
Capsule Cover in Crumbling Cement
The final sign of a healthy, vibrant public utility.
Not. Tryptic anyone?
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![DC Stump #1](images/dcstump2.jpg)
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DC Stump #1
...all around the White House, they chopped down
trees. Where George Washington when you need him?
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![DC Stump #2](images/dcstump1.jpg)
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DC Stump #2
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![DC Stump #3](images/dcstump3.jpg)
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DC Stump #3
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![DC Stump #4](images/dcstump4.jpg)
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DC Stump #4
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![DC Stump #5](images/dcstump5.jpg)
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DC Stump #5
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![DC Stump #6](images/dcstump6.jpg)
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DC Stump #6
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![DC Stump #7](images/dcstump7.jpg)
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DC Stump #7
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![DC Stump #8](images/dcstump.jpg)
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DC Stump #8
I guess there was a disease outside the White House as
well...
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