Cover: London - Heating - Covent Garden | Gas, Fuel, Heating

Address:

7 King St, London WC2E 8HN, UK

Category:

Gas, Fuel, Heating

City:

London

Country:

United Kingdom

Shape:

Circle

Material:

Metal

Used by:

City of Westminster

Maker:

Year:

2012

Standards:

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On the cover:

COVENT GARDEN 2012
CITY OF WESTMINSTER

Photography:

2018
Eli Zvuluny

Comments:

Apparently this is a coalhole
Coal holes: These are covers from the period when the houses were heated with coal, into which the coal bags were poured, so that the coals did not have to enter the houses.
These lids were used in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The interior is almost identical to the lid except that the bumps are replaced by holes. And of course the writing is different to

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