: a hole through which one may go especially to gain access to an underground or enclosed structure
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Tim Kingsland, sanitary/stormwater district coordinator, said workers will inventory all the city’s stormwater infrastructure including manholes, pipes, ponds and swales.
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Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Residents filed the lawsuit a day before Detroit's Historic District Commission voted to proceed with a revised version of the project, which includes using cast iron manhole covers instead of steam vent stacks.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
Mayor Herman White has also spent the past three years on the front lines advocating for funding to start replacing over 30 miles of sewer lines, 300 manholes and 17 lift stations.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2025
The 12-turn, 2.2-mile track is narrow and bumpy in spots — to go along with manhole covers and transitions from concrete to asphalt and back — and there is little room for error in some areas.
—Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
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Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Residents filed the lawsuit a day before Detroit's Historic District Commission voted to proceed with a revised version of the project, which includes using cast iron manhole covers instead of steam vent stacks.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
Mayor Herman White has also spent the past three years on the front lines advocating for funding to start replacing over 30 miles of sewer lines, 300 manholes and 17 lift stations.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2025
The 12-turn, 2.2-mile track is narrow and bumpy in spots — to go along with manhole covers and transitions from concrete to asphalt and back — and there is little room for error in some areas.
—Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
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“Manhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manhole. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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manhole
noun
man·hole
ˈman-ˌhōl 
: a covered hole (as in a pavement, tank, or boiler) through which a worker may go
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