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It’s probably a chute for an old coal or wood heater. These are pretty common in houses built in the late 19th and early 20th century in the US.

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ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
IIRC this was a reddit post, but without the Snapchat text. I do have a vague memory of the OP being from Britain and that they came to the conclusion that it was some sort of sediment tank.

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- rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Oldest instance of that image from Tineye.com
  
  reddit.com/…/manhole_in_the_middle_of_a_hallway/
  
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  - Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Elevating the most realistic comment from the linked thread:
    
    This is quite common for extensions in the UK at least. If there is a man hole you can often get permission to build over it but you would need to be able to provide access should it be needed. In the 15 years of living in a houses with one under our kitchen no one has ever needed access. These is one just outside in the side passage so likely most blockages should they arise could be cleared from that one. A previous property was similar but they had tiled and concreted over so would make a mess should they ever need access.
    
    Edit: one in our kitchen, if access was needed they would need to move kitchen units and break grout. imgur.com/gallery/OU0jFvk
    
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rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I’d agree on location. But that cover is somewhere between 100 and 300 lbs :) That’s be one hell of a chute cover :)

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