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Am I seeing this correctly? That looks like "1912" on the top of this fire hydrant. If correct, it would likely make this one of the oldest----if not THE oldest----hydrants in the Maritimes.
"Eighteen hand-carved marble sculptures are installed at intervals along Wellington West Street. The Wellington Marbles, a sculptural series by local artists Marcus Kucey-Jones and Ryan Lotecki was commissioned by the City of Ottawa’s Public Art Program for Wellington Street West as part of the Wellington Street West reconstruction project.
Each sculpture playfully captures the form of a fire hydrant fused with everyday objects such as local foods, artistic tools and musical instruments. By sculpting forms and objects connected to the surrounding neighbourhood, The Wellington Marbles pay tribute to the local history and modern renewal of the community. Kucey-Jones and Lotecki chose the fire hydrant as a sculptural form for this street “as it is rooted in its familiarity in the urban landscape. It is an object found in every community connecting people in an uncelebrated yet vital manner.” The hydrants and their coupled forms present the viewer with a sense of humour, playfulness, and culturally reference the area.
Quarried in Carrara, Italy, the marble used for this installation was selected for its fine quality and for its association with classical art. In the same vein, the artists offer a series of sculptures representing contemporary imagery as a monument to the urban streetscape. The artistic practices of Kucey-Jones and Lotecki span many media and have brought innovative and imaginative artwork to communities across Canada and around the globe. "
from www.ottawa.ca/rec_culture/arts/public/commissions/welling...
Title
Street Furniture: Fire Hydrant in Copley Square, 10:00 A.M.
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 18.04
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_000280
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Close to where I-88 and winfield cross in Warrenville, there are a number of fire hydrants sporting this... whatever it is. At first (as it was before halloween) I though perhaps this is the equivalent of a ghost costume for a fire hydrant. Now it is long past Halloween and they are still there. I called the fire department - then the city, and the county. No one seemed to know what is going on. So - I'll put forth the following totally made up story... These fire hydrants sporting these red "bed sheet" costumes are hiding their fragile egos as they spew hate and advocate violence against non-red fire hydrants. You'd think in 2016 we would have moved beyond this - but evidently we haven't.
my manager told me like if i we were talking about something and his i was to uhhh if you wanna copyright something you write it on a piece of paper and mail it to yourself and then don't open it
The Daily Shoot #ds187 - Fire hydrants come in many colors and forms. Make a dramatic portrait of your local fire hydrant.
From Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catskill_Aqueduct - 163 miles long, carries about 400 million US gallons per day, or about 40% of New York City's water supply. Water flows by gravity at a rate of about 4 feet per second.
American Darling Valve, Beaumont, Texas,
B84B, 1990.
5-1/4" VO,
200 PSI,
AWWA, FM, UL
note:
Tamper-proof cap,
embossed "DRY TOP FIRE MAIN HYDRANT", UL logo, and "LISTED 533G" on the bonnet rim,
"ADV" on the bonnet,
a ADV trademark, "FMUL 200", "AWWA", "1990", and "85F GAA" on the front of the body,
"AMERICAN", "DARLING", "VALVE", "5 1/4", "B84B", "BEAUMONT", and "TEXAS" on the back of the body
After 2 more days of being shut-in by the weather, I took a walk around my apartment complex, today, in sunshine! Yes, it is, still, cold & blustery & the roadside is under 2 feet of snow. Yes, we are expecting another storm in 2 days, but, for today--Tuesday, February 10, 2015 in Troy, New York, USA, it was rather lovely! Our maintenance guys did a great job, clearing the fire hydrants. I see that this one has its own icicle! One of five photos.