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Used to be that a lot of fire hydrants were numbered, usually with single digits. Not sure why. But this was done recently
"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...
always wanted the exprerience of playing on a hot summer city street in the water from a fire hydrant
Only commercially operational magetic levitation train in the world wisks passengers from Pudong Airport in Shanghai to the nearest metro station in 7 minutes. The fastest I saw the speedometre get to was 431 km, but I didn't snap my pic fast enough and then it went down to a pitiful 430. Coincidentally, the first day I ever rode this (3 days ago) , there was a maglev testing in Germany and the train crashed killing 23 people. For those that don't know, maglev trains actually float on electromagnetic fields, there are no wheels in play, just magnets and tonnes of electricity.
Parking lot of the Barnes & Noble on Watson. Wanted to see how the Sigma did yellows. Does 'em pretty well.
It was so dry and hot today the plans are really wilting. In front of this little tree and quasi garden, a hydrant with the promise of water. So close but so far.
2015 Waterhous, commercial level output
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Nobody seems to know when these fire hydrants were erected in Nottingham. So far I have found 14 in various states of repair. It's also unclear if any are connected to the water main system. There are two types - one with the outlet at the top, like this one, and one with a side outlet. The side outlet models bear the name GD Hughes (George Douglas Hughes) Nottingham, who had a foundry in Nottingham in the mid 1860s.