In this week's episode of MythBusters, Adam and Jaime tried to lift a manhole cover by driving over it with a super fast indy car. They didn't get it to work, but could they? The Myth: Just so we are ...

The manhole cover lifter is specifically design with the utility and municipal contractor/employee in mind. The compact rugged design allows for easy loading, storage, transportation, and setup. With ...

Bystanders joined together to help a man who couldn't find the four-wheel-drive button in his Jeep Wrangler, which is priced between $32,000 and $80,000, after it fell into an open manhole in New York ...

The call was for a rescue, but Allentown Fire Department Capt. John Christopher wasn’t quite clear what kind. Was someone trapped in a car after a crash? That happens and can require fire department ...

A man who appeared to be trying to climb out from a maintenance tunnel under the street was killed when a truck ran over a manhole cover as he was raising the lid, authorities said. A video taken by a ...

Con Edison’s Colleen Murach and Sean O’Hara examine images on IR camera. Throngs of people walk, bike and drive along New York City’s streets each day, hurrying to get to work, school and transit hubs ...

A manhole cover is generally deemed successful if its round shape keeps pedestrians from plummeting into the earth, and communicates the subterranean systems below through its design. New York City ...