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In a corn field.
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It just seems a tad odd....
Looks a bit better on black, so press L.
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A fire hydrant (also known colloquially as a fire plug in the United States or as a johnny pump in New York City, because the firemen of the late 19th century were called Johnnies), is an active fire protection measure, and a source of water provided in most urban, suburban and rural areas with municipal water service to enable firefighters to tap into the municipal water supply to assist in extinguishing a fire. Buildings near a hydrant may qualify for an insurance discount since firefighters should be able to more rapidly extinguish a fire on the insured property
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The concept of fire plugs dates to at least the 17th century. This was a time when firefighters responding to a call would dig down to the wooden water mains and hastily bore a hole to secure water to fight fires. The water would fill the hole creating a temporary well, and be transported from the well to the fire by bucket brigades or, later, by hand-pumped fire engines. The holes were then plugged with stoppers, normally redwood, which over time came to be known as fire plugs. The location of the plug would often be recorded or marked so that it could be reused in future fires. This is the source of the colloquial term fire plug still used for fire hydrants today. After the Great Fire of London in 1666, the city installed water mains with holes drilled at intervals, equipped with risers, allowing an access point to the wooden fire plugs from street level.
The invention of a post- or pillar-type fire hydrant is generally credited to Frederick Graff Sr., Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia Water Works around the year 1801. It had a combination hose/faucet outlet and was of "wet barrel" design with the valve in the top. It is said that Graff held the first patent for a fire hydrant, but this cannot be verified because the patent office in Washington D.C. caught on fire in 1836 destroying many patent records from that period in the process.
In the United States, the AWWA and NFPA recommend hydrants be colored chrome yellow for rapid identification apart from the bonnet and nozzle caps which should be coded according to their available flow.
Dumfries, April 2018. Halina Micro 110 with expired ('04) Konica Centuria 200. Processed and scanned by Digital Photo Express Carlisle.
The fire hydrants in our town are all getting fresh paint. They used to be dull red, now they are this cheerful yellow and blue.
Our Daily Challenge: DRESS IT UP (I'm not sure if this is what was meant by the challenge, but I think this is dressing up an object that is generally far less attractive.)
365 Days in Colour: March: "yellow"
Out of the Archives: A welder making repairs to a damaged hydrant. According to an annual report from 1928, hydrants broken by automobiles were a major concern because there was no effective way to prevent them. In that year alone there were 669 hydrants broken by automobiles. The average cost of repairing one was about $60.00, which today is equivalent to about $450.00. (Image ID: RS7541_155_2)
Just like they do in the real New York City, this hydrant found in Disney's Hollywood Studio's Streets of America was opened up to spray water to cool off young guests like this little guy.
I just returned from a quick Labor Day weekend trip to Walt Disney World. Will be posting more from WDW over the next few days. This was taken with the new Nikon 28-200VR FX lens. This lens is awesome on the Nikon D700!
07/08/2012 Residents at Bay Ridge opening a hydrant to cool off. Kodak Ektar 100. Konica Autoreflex T3. Konica Hexanon 50mm 1:1.4.
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Fire hydrants come in many colors and forms. Make a dramatic portrait of your local fire hydrant. (@windsordi, @dipics)
So this is my local fire hydrant at night.
Most German hydrants look rather unspectacular - but listen to the spectacular name of "Unterflurhydrant" (meaning basically below surface hydrant)
A hydrant in front of the mile long shopping mall - the Queensbay Mall, Penang. A bokeh capture at the cool blue hour.
NIKON F3, Nikon 50mm f1.4 AIS, Kodak Colourplus 200, Wide Open.
Spectaclular creepy eye sign…@ the Milwaukee Public Museum…√picnotes
A view from grandma's white picket fence, past a handpump, watering trough, background telephone pole…
upstairs View,Optometrist glowing eyes spectacle sign, foreground fire hydrant.
Milwaukee Wi
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I'm not quite sure if this is the case of Thompson but it sure is awkward.
Mamiya 645 1000s, Sekor 80/1.9 C, FUJI PRO 800Z.