Nothing lasts forever — but manhole covers come close A trip to the Neenah Foundry, maker of much of Chicago’s overlooked infrastructure for over a century, uncovers their complex manufacture ...

With the holiday season past and less of a need for quick cash, the recent rash of stolen catch basin grates seems to have abated for now. Five or six of the 200-pound grates went missing in a two ...

VANCOUVER - The latest hot item for scrap metal thieves: cast-iron catch basin grates that allow the rain water to run off city streets. In the last four days, 47 have been stolen. That's money ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- Police and city officials tonight said a rash of catch-basin grate thefts around the city is putting citizens at risk, particularly is someone falls in an open hole. Authorities ...

SPRINGFIELD — Typically it takes two city workers and their tools to lift a 200-pound, cast iron storm sewer catch basin grate out of the road.

In hopes of injecting a little fun into the mucky but vital job of maintaining catch basins, the City of Vancouver launched a contest encouraging residents to "adopt" a catch basin.

HAVERHILL — Metal thieves have been known to take copper pipes from construction sites and even outdoor faucets from a local cemetery.

VANCOUVER — In hopes of injecting a little fun into the mucky but vital job of maintaining catch basins, the City of Vancouver launched a contest encouraging reside… ...

So is the catch-basin talk. Catch basins are the iron grates beside the curb that divert the melt and rain back into the lake or wastewater treatment centre, depending on where you live.