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“Indian Manhole Cover” — In addition to fire hydrants, I find all the metallic infrastructural elements around cities interesting. So, I intended to submit “manhole covers” as a suggested assignment to Daily Shoot for a while but hadn’t got around to it. Then last week, Duncan posted this entry on his blog, prompting this link to the WikiPedia entry in the comments by “Flip” and this link to the NYT article from 2.5 years ago by me. And I submitted the assignment idea to Daily Shoot. The assignment ran today—@dailyshoot #ds204—and this was my entry. A photo of the whole cover is here. Activists frequently protest treatment of labor in sweatshops abroad. But the conditions under which these manhole covers are made in India take the term “sweatshop” to a new level. Indian manhole covers are found in many parts of the U.S. They are a quiet and disturbing part of the international economy that most people are not aware of.

“Indian Manhole Cover” — In addition to fire hydrants, I find all the metallic infrastructural elements around cities interesting. So, I intended to submit “manhole covers” as a suggested assignment to Daily Shoot for a while but hadn’t got around to it.

Then last week, Duncan posted this entry on his blog, prompting this link to the WikiPedia entry in the comments by “Flip” and this link to the NYT article from 2.5 years ago by me. And I submitted the assignment idea to Daily Shoot. The assignment ran today—@dailyshoot #ds204—and this was my entry. A photo of the whole cover is here.

Activists frequently protest treatment of labor in sweatshops abroad. But the conditions under which these manhole covers are made in India take the term “sweatshop” to a new level.

Indian manhole covers are found in many parts of the U.S. They are a quiet and disturbing part of the international economy that most people are not aware of.

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