Majority of NYC sewer manhole covers “Made in India”
For all those proud New Yorkers that claim to know every bit about the city history, I can almost guarantee a good bar conversation. Here’s how it usually goes:
Q: How many years have you lived in the city?
A: Over 5 years
Q: How many miles do you walk each day?
A: About a mile or two
Q: Did you know a majority of NYC sewer manhole covers are imported from India?
A: No way! You’ve gotta be kidding me! Did this just happen?
Most of New York City’s 600,000 manhole covers and the many hundreds of thousands all over the US come from India. And foundries in and around Kolkata claim a big chunk of that business. Indian companies began supplying manhole and sewer access covers to the US almost four decades ago. But in recent times their business has gone up manifold as they charge only a third of what US makers demand for the same work.
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