NatFINALLY found the commemorative manhole cover celebrating the defeat of the Whitechapel fatberg in 2017.
I don't know whether there is a hashtag on here for manhole covers, or for fatbergs. #manholestodon ? I feel like that could be a risky hashtag in this place...
Someone has suggested #DrainSpotting , and if that isn't already a hashtag then we're making it a hashtag.
Internets Dairy@unfortunatalie Maybe they defeated the fatberg by sending Renton down the lav?
Duncan Stephen
relache ⚗️@unfortunatalie I put things like that under #WeirderWalkPosting which is a w.e. community hashtag
#StreetArt might be a good option
@raye good shout! Someone suggested #DrainSpotting, and I don't know if that's a thing but it's a perfect hashtag.
@unfortunatalie that IS a perfect hashtag
Mo Morgan@unfortunatalie It would be remiss of me not to direct you towards this forthcoming title by one of the most talented illustrators I've ever worked with: Manhole Covers of the World
https://www.niggli.ch/en/produkt/manhole-covers-of-the-world/
@mo omg amazing. I hope Jeremy Corbyn is aware of this, he photographs them in his spare time
Loukas (They/Them) 🏳️⚧️@unfortunatalie oh my god oh my god!
It's like it was a war. Like the Emu war but against a lipidous mass of effluent.
@Loukas I went hunting for it 4 or 5 years ago but had been erroneously told it was behind the station whereas it is in FRONT, so it was a hopeless journey - though I did get to ask some builders if they knew where it was, and they did not know, but they said "someone else was asking that yesterday!"
That someone else is my soul mate.
@unfortunatalie this is the London remake of Amelie from Montmartre. Natalie from Whitechapel. You need to find that person!
The Mïghty Kräcken@Loukas @unfortunatalie When Harry Met Sally at the Fatberg
Jeevani Charika@unfortunatalie @Loukas
In front of Whitechapel station?
(I shall pass this info on to someone I know who has a niche interest in manhole covers)
matsimpsk@unfortunatalie oh my god, that is incredible
AJ 🏳️🌈@unfortunatalie Incredible!
Dave Bulmer@unfortunatalie I didn't know they defeated it! I didn't know you COULD defeat them! That's good news anyway
@DemonTomatoDave I think you just sort of... break it into bits? Disgusting little bits?
@unfortunatalie This is awesome
penguin42@unfortunatalie Nice! I didn't realise we had any commemarative manholes in the UK, I thought it was just a Japanese tradition.
Emily S@unfortunatalie Would love more things like this to exist in the world. More monuments to people's achevements.
@Emily_S Right?? I'm ever a fan of the blue plaque, but more ways to engage with the people's history of place as you walk through it.
@unfortunatalie yeah, the blue plaques are great but something a little more taylored to the achievement is awesome.
kylie 🧚🏼♀️@unfortunatalie *pours some canola out for my homie*
John Skiles Skinner@unfortunatalie I am delighted that I have no context for this whatsoever
@skiles I am delighted that you don't either! Honestly it's fun with or without context.
Books and Wine by Moonlight🌒@unfortunatalie haha who knew .
Dr Ro Smith@unfortunatalie Incredible.
Angela Glansbury 🚽@unfortunatalie
The BS EN124-2 is I think a think a british standards institution number. Liverpool doesn't pay for access to their database I'm sorry to say otherwise I'd check it out. No idea about D400.
Very impressive find. Lovely to see.
@floppyplopper oh interesting! I know some folk at BSI so maybe I can ask them to look it up for me!
Fido@unfortunatalie that this even exists is joyful!
That you found it, doubly so.
@edjuardo I went on a dedicated trip with a similarly interested colleague years ago and our search was fruitless, so I was super stoked to finally locate it!
@unfortunatalie I don't suppose you could tell me where it is using what3words?
@unfortunatalie That's great thanks.
Jack@unfortunatalie 👀 Hopefully @romanmars is the real Roman Mars.
Mrs Mouse at work@unfortunatalie I just googled. I am not convinced that was the correct course of action, nor am I convinced I need eye bleach. I am somewhat... baffled. maybe that's not the word for it.
@MrsMouse weirdly I worked in the area at the time but did not see any particular sign of the battle raging below
Leigh Garland@unfortunatalie I genuinely think this i has made me as happy as almost anything else this year.
Graham Lester
Maura Hubbell@unfortunatalie There are things I love about London. This is one of them.
Erin Pyle@unfortunatalie ooh! I hope my hometown, Sidmouth, has a commemorative manhole cover to celebrate the defeat of the fatberg there!
@ErinPyle there was a SIDMOUTH fatberg??
@unfortunatalie "the largest South West Water has ever discovered" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-46787461
rêve rêve rêve@unfortunatalie hard to believe that was five years ago
@oldandnewdreams more innocent times
antipode77The Whitechapel fatberg was 250 metres of impacted waste that constipated London’s sewage system last year. A tiny portion has just been put on display in the Museum of London after a long, conscientious drying period. It hardly smells at all now. But does such an intrinsically disgusting artefact belong in a museum? Instinctively the answer seems to be no: we should have kept it in the ground.
oberonsghost@antipode77 A teaching museum’s an excellent place for it, as a learning aid to teach about the infrastructure of a city … a “teaching” museum, as opposed to the displayed treasure house that is something like the British Museum.
Mistercanoehead@Mistercanoehead THE 2017 FATBERG
murray jason@unfortunatalie love that
now we just need to defeat the mar-a-lago fatberg
Andrew Lee@unfortunatalie This fat shaming is getting out of hand.
Sarah Farley@unfortunatalie I had no idea this was even a thing. Now I HAVE to find it. Thanks for the post.
Bas Oort@unfortunatalie Today i learned! Where is it located? Such a cool story :)
@bas It's outside Whitechapel tube then a little to the right / west along the street, just by the pedestrian crossing over to the hospital.
Jon@unfortunatalie @bas my wife will be delighted when I add this to the cholera pump on the itinerary for our next visit 😂
Karoline 
@unfortunatalie lol gross! I forgot about that!!
Charles22a203@unfortunatalie I had to google what this was and what the hell, lol.