The capital of Northern Ireland and notoriously known as the centre of the “The Troubles,” which is one of our favourite British euphemisms, Belfast is a divided city due to religious and nationalistic concerns. Once known as Linenopolis for its extraordinary production of ocean liners, including the Titanic, this city of nearly 700,000 citizens is part of the United Kingdom. Scarred by “peace walls” the port city still has simmering discontent now enhanced by Brexit. The manhole cover was manufactured by Brown & Company once located on Sydney Street. The structure is still there, but now a depot for home goods. The cover’s design with its polar arrayed squares is rather pragmatic and indicative of its age. Two asphalt splats in familiar shapes stubbornly sit near the rectangular pickpoints.