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Texture by nacnud: www.flickr.com/photos/duncanjohnston/sets/72157622489869222/
When I downloaded this texture I thought I would never have a use for it. However, I loved its joyful colors. It seems appropriate for the most colorful fire hydrant I have ever seen! The hydrant is a leftover from the days before the area became Discovery Park.
This hydrant is at the bottom of the Dumbarton bridge, next to the old pier. The funny thing is, it's behind a chainlink fence that is topped with razor wire. Other than garbage, it's the only thing there.
Water on the ground, cloud on the sun,
Moon on the rise and the wind on the run.
But you know it’s only water,
Water on the ground.
Snow is falling, weather is cold.
Maybe I’m just getting old.
And I think it’s only water,
Water on the ground.
Back to the rivers, back to the sea,
Keeps on running, just like me.
But you know it’s only water,
Water on the ground.
--- Eric Clapton
St. Louis Sioux Passage Park
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 1800s 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.
-Wikipedia