IPL also is installing 16 additional locking manhole covers in high-traffic areas near Final Four activities. The covers are designed to pop up only a few inches in cases of extreme pressure in ...

Irving, Texas – August 6, 2024 – As underground electrical infrastructure ages, the potential for fires or other gaseous build-up that result in manhole covers explosions continues to occur in ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Thursday morning, Indianapolis Power and Light says it will begin installing new locks on manhole covers after the underground explosions that sent some of them flying last ...

Duke invested in a new swivel lock system. At first glance, you wouldn’t notice anything different from any other manhole cover, but if you take a closer look you’ll see a white plastic device ...

Doesn't even move," he said as he showed how it works. About 200 of the locking devices have been installed in manholes surrounding the New York Stock Exchange. They cost about $500 dollars each.

IPL engineers will hold a demonstration at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in front of the J.W. Marriott Hotel so the public can get a sense of how the locking mechanisms work.

Manhole lockdown: IPL secures its manhole covers Utility said all 1,214 Downtown manholes now locked down to control blasts Jeff Swiatek [email protected] 0:05 ...