How about this as a garden Feature

[Eric]

Would love to have one too... My cousin is a fire fighter and they have one in their flower bed and has one in the basement (neither are hooked up '> )
They were painted red, white and blue back in 1976 and staid that way for years.... in St. Louis I see a lot of black also red... mainly red.  would love to get the old ribbed ones...  weigh a ton.
Nice score.

[Jim]

Mine is in one of my gardens awaiting a face-lift...
It might be a while as I'm not really in the mood to begin moving it around...
Some day, I'll have it powder coated and mounted on a round oak base plate for display inside the house...

[BrianB]

I remember as a kid growing up Palo Alto, CA that our hydrants were a pretty plain red. My real treat came when we went to vist Grandma in Mt. View, CA. All of the hydrants were "customized" with some sort of theme! American Flag and the patriotic ones are the designs that pop into my mind right off of the bat.

I never really considered owning one myself but......About 5 years ago I never considered owning a Soda Pop machine either!!! '>

[davethebirdman]

I think when I pick mine up I'll get it sandblasted and perhaps do as Jim suggested and get it mounted and placed in doors. I might even sort my mailbox out at the same time. Its been sitting there for a couple of years doing nothing.

Dan - Thanks for the link..

[sodaworks]

Mine is silver trimed in green. My wife's uncle is a fireman and at their old house he made a pond with the water coming out of the fire house nozzle. it looked pretty cool. '>

[rogerz]

Here in Washington, an older guy that had a metal polishing
business, polished one out. It looks amazing! It took him a long
time to do it, because it is so heavy he couldn't hold it up for very long at a time.  I never knew cast iron could polish so shiny.

rz

[dr galaga]

Pretty cool Dave.

(davethebirdman @ Jun. 13 2007,4:15)

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Don't have them over here.

How do you fight fires?  Haul the water in?  '>

[Skeleton Man]

(dr galaga @ Jun. 14 2007,11:34)

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Pretty cool Dave.

(davethebirdman @ Jun. 13 2007,4:15)

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Don't have them over here.

How do you fight fires?  Haul the water in?  '>

I dunno about over in the UK, but Australia doesn't have fire hydrants either..  instead the water hookup is located under a small metal panel in the road near the sidewalk.  I have seen construction crews use something that looks a bit like a portable hydrant that attaches to these hookups though.

Up here in Canada we have hydrants in all different colors also..  usually red or yellow though.. some have these weird metal plates over them too, but I have no idea what purpose they serve..

[Jim]

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some have these weird metal plates over them too, but I have no idea what purpose they serve..

I know that in northern areas that get fair amounts of snow from year to year, the hydrants have markers that extend to heights around 6' - 8' so they can be located in the snow.

I'm not sure what you the hydrants/plugs have attached to them up in Canada...

[davethebirdman]

In the UK we have the same as in Oz. The water is situated through a plate on the pavement or in the road that sits flush. There are signs situated all over the place telling the fire brigade how far away the nearest hydrant is. They then use some sort of a stand pipe to get to the water. Nowehre as pretty as your fire hydrants.

I remember as a kid when the water was cut off in the street everyone gathering at the pipe with kettles pots pans etc to get water.

Going to pick it up today.