On entering the passage in which were the doors of the berths, I noticed an object that had before escaped my observation-I mean a small trap-hatch, no bigger than a manhole, with a ring for lifting it, midway down the lane.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
Sprigg, he bricked it all up, hauled the bricks himself clean in from the county town, an' it's got a manhole 'twill let ary man down it that wants to go.
"The Brass Bound Box"
Evelyn Raymond
And the Turners' manhole must be very small, smaller than yours, maybe; because they sent Bob down to clean it, and he got stuck coming out.
"The Brass Bound Box"
Evelyn Raymond