So That’s Where They’re From

One day this year, while I was walking down 6th avenue, I noticed that the manholes said Made In India on them. I remember thinking that you really must have gotten to the point where transport costs are close to negligible when the cost of shipping an incredibly heavy manhole cover from India to New York City doesn’t put a dent in the cheaper costs of production. Now a stringer photographer for the Times went to location (‘factory’ seems a questionable word choice) where they’re made.