Sidewalk Plaques

COLLECTION OF SIDEWALK PLAQUES AND MANHOLE COVERS

Finding the correct name for these engraved brass plaques, used as direction indicator, was quite a search.

Below the result so far:

  • city sidewalk plaques
  • pavement signs
  • engraved brass triangles
  • embedded plaques
  • ground markers and
  • sidewalk emblems

Besides these plaques, this gallery also shows some manhole sewer covers with municipal coats of arms and/or civic heraldry.

Placa del Vientos, Castell de la Suda, Lleida, Catalunya, Spain

Map of Toledo, embedded on the ground near landmarks of the city Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Teruel, Aragón, Spain

Saint Malo, dept. Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

manhole cover Saint Malo

Saint Malo, dept. Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

Langres, dept. Haute-Marne, France

Troyes, dept. Aude, Champagne, France

Dijon, dept. Côte-d'Or, France

Metz, dept. Moselle, France

Alkmaar, North Holland, the Netherlands

Alkmaar, North Holland, the Netherlands

Dalí Route in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain

Breda, North Brabant, the Netherlands

Signature seals with the monogram of Charlemagne (Karl der Große) are used to indicate the walking route of sites in the old town of Aachen, Germany

Wrought iron manhole cover with Valencia shield, Cullera, Valencia, Spain

Statue of Liberty sign at some streets in Colmar, France.

Henri Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Plombières, Belgium (2015)

Hollywood Boulevard, Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, USA (1988)