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Country:
USA
City:
East Jordan, MI
Founding year:
1883

An international company headquartered in the United States (its name - East Jordan Group - was taken from where the first foundry was founded). The company is active on all continents and has acquired many companies mainly in Europe

Over the years, many lids manufacturers have been acquired:
1995: Vulcan Foundry Click for manufacturer's details
2000: Cavanagh Foundry Click for manufacturer's details
2004: Norinco Click for manufacturer's details
2012: Syracuse Castings Sales Click for manufacturer's details
2014: Mueller Click for manufacturer's details
2015: Peter Savage Click for manufacturer's details
2015: GAV GmbH Click for manufacturer's details
2024: Stora-Drain Click for manufacturer's details
2024: Fondatel-lecomte Click for manufacturer's details
2024: Hermelock Click for manufacturer's details

A typical manhole cover of the manufacturer.
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Manhole covers by this manufacturer are found in very many countries, mainly in the United States and Europe (see the list of countries later on this page).

As noted, the company purchased many other manhole cover manufacturers, and in many cases the covers are identical to those of the acquired companies, with the only difference being the EJ company logo that replaced the original company logo ( and ).

Most of the manufacturer’s covers are made of metal , though a single concrete cover exists on the site.
Cover shapes include round , rectangular or square .
Round covers intended for sidewalks are often surrounded by a square frame to simplify paving work .

No colored covers were found by this manufacturer, but several gilded covers do exist .
City emblems appear on some of the manufacturer’s covers (mainly due to requirements of local authorities) .

Many covers do not specify their intended purpose. In the other cases: communication covers are usually marked with the name of the communication provider , sewer covers bear the word SEWER , ELECTRIC appears on electrical covers , etc.

The manufacturing year of the cover usually does not appear.

On covers found in Europe, the manufacturer’s logo and the letters ej typically appear . In the United States the full company name often appears (EAST JORDAN IRON WORKS) .

Standards
The European standard EN124 and its associated load classes are found on many covers, with the most common load classes being B125 and D400 .
The French NF standard is also widespread as well as the British Kitemark .
Since the manufacturer’s covers are intended for many countries, one can find standards used in those countries, for example the Spanish AENOR , the Polish IO-CERT , the Belgian COPRO and even the Israeli Standard Mark .

Typical covers
Sometimes magnificent covers, with an illustration or picture in the center and details on the outer arcs, are found mainly in the United States , .

Another series of covers featuring a background of hexagons is found in the United States and is used mainly by communication providers .

Another format of covers, with a background of tiny diamonds and a large central inscription, is also found mainly in the United States .

Series of covers bearing brand names are usually remnants of European manufacturers that were purchased by this company.
For example, the SOLO series or GEO .

Drainage covers appear with various patterns of drainage slots and the ribs between them , .

Many covers are diagonal (square or rectangular composed of two triangles, where opening is done by lifting one of the triangles) .

Additional types of covers appear at the bottom of this page.
 
There are 153 manhole covers in the site that are made by the Manufacturer
Click for the 153 covers made by ej Group (Of these, 4 are best covers)
In the following shapes (4 shapes):
Circle (78)Rectangle (34)Square (25)Square round corners (16)
Materials (2 Materials):
Metal (152)Concrete, metal frame (1)
In the following Cities (94 cities):
Paris (9) Nantes (8) London (6) Évora (5) Boston, MA (5) Dublin (5) New York, NY (5) Tours (4) Chambord (3) Charlotte NC (3) St. Louis, MO (3) Austin, TX (2) Blois (2) Chicago, IL (2) Detroit, MI (2) Lexington, MA (2) Luton (2) Madrid (2) Philadelphia, PA (2) Plano, TX (2) Port Aransas, TX (2) Rome (2) San Francisco, CA (2) Veigné (2) Vienna (2) Alberobello (1) Allentown, PA (1) Amherst, MA (1) Annapolis, MD (1) Antwerp (1) Athens (1) Atlanta, GA (1) Barcelona (1) Berkeley, CA (1) Bilbao (1) Boise, ID (1) Buenos Aires (1) Cambridge, MA (1) Carquefou (1) Cascais (1) Chaumont-sur-Loire (1) Cheverny (1) Christiana, DE (1) Columbus OH (1) Creve Coeur, MO (1) Cuenca (1) Dresden (1) Ein Vered (1) Ephrata, PA (1) Florence (1) Fort Worth, TX (1) Fréjus (1) Ghent (1) Giessen (1) Grove City, OH (1) Hoffman Estates, IL (1) Hounslow (1) Ithaca, NY (1) Ixelles (Brussels) (1) Jerusalem (1) Key West, FL (1) La Chevrolière (1) Lakewood, CO (1) Legionowo (1) Libertyville, IL (1) Lisbon (1) Liverpool (1) Lynn, MA (1) Manchester (1) Mdina (1) Nafplio (1) Neuilly-sur-Seine (1) New Orleans, LA (1) Newark, DE (1) Nice (1) North York (Toronto), ON (1) Oxford (1) Palm Beach, FL (1) Palm Springs, CA (1) Pierrefeu-du-Var (1) Ponta Delgada (São Miguel) (1) Port Coquitlam, BC (1) Provincetown, MA (1) Rome, GA (1) Salford (1) San Diego, CA (1) Schiedam (1) Talmei Elazar (1) Taormina (Sicily) (1) Timișoara (1) Trenčín (1) Tucson, AZ (1) Vila Nova de Gaia (1) Wilmington, DE (1)



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