Fire hydrant
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A fire hydrant (or colloquially in the US, fire plug) is a source of water provided by most metropolitan communities to enable firefighters to tap into the municipal water supply to assist in extinguishing a fire.
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[edit] Types
[edit] Overground
 Lexikon der gesamten Technik, 1904 |
 1869 Birdsill Holly patent model hydrant, New Orleans, USA |
 Hydrant, Goettingen, Germany |
 Hydrant, Zoo Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
 Ein Überflurhydrant ohne Fallmantel |
 Blauer Überflurhydrant |
 A siamese clappered inlet. |
 Large image of fire hydrant, located in the town of Vienna, Virginia, USA. |
 Danish fire hydrant |
 Alkmaar, Netherlands |
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 Anissaras, Crete |
[edit] Underground
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 Standrohr Unterflurhydrant |
 a german Unterflurhydrant. This part of the fire hydrant will later be below the ground. |
 a german Unterflurhydrant. This part of the fire hydrant will later be below the ground. |
[edit] Miscellaneous
 Forbidden City, Beijing |
[edit] Tools
 Hydrant wrench (Überflur) |
 Hydrant wrench (Unterflur) |
[edit] Signs
 Netherlands |
 Germany |
[edit] In context
 Broadmoor |
 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
