Fire hydrant
A fire hydrant (or colloquially in the US, fire plug) is a source of water provided by most metropolitan communities to enable firefighters to tap into the municipal water supply to assist in extinguishing a fire.
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Types
above terrain
Historic
- Old style wooden "fire plug" still in use c. 1900
- 1869 Birdsill Holly patent model hydrant, New Orleans, USA
- Older Birdsill Holly type hydrant at right, then new c 1900 hydrant at left.
- Late 19th century US hydrant
- Lexikon der gesamten Technik, 1904
Still in use
- Hydrant, Goettingen, Germany
- Hydrant, Zoo Gelsenkirchen, Germany
- Ein Überflurhydrant ohne Fallmantel
- Blauer Überflurhydrant
- A siamese clappered inlet.
- Large image of fire hydrant, located in the town of Vienna, Virginia, USA.
- Danish fire hydrant
- Alkmaar, Netherlands
- Anissaras, Crete
- in Teterow
- France
- France
Underground
- Japan.
- Germany.
- Standrohr Unterflurhydrant.
- A german Unterflurhydrant. This part of the fire hydrant will later be below the ground.
- A german Unterflurhydrant. This part of the fire hydrant will later be below the ground.
- France.
- Spain.
- Spain.
Miscellaneous
- Forbidden City, Beijing
Tools
- Hydrant wrench (Überflur)
- Hydrant wrench (Unterflur)
Signs
- Netherlands
- Germany
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
In context
- Broadmoor
New Orleans, Louisiana - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada