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    A fire hydrant, fireplug, firecock (archaic), hydrant riser or Johnny Pump is a connection point by which firefighters can tap into a water supply. It...
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  • Look up hydrant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A hydrant is an outlet from a fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached...
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  • hydrant is a hydrant that is used for flushing a water line of silt, rust, debris, or stagnant water. Many water utilities use standard fire hydrants...
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    A hydrant coupler is a type of aircraft fueling equipment which opens and allows fuel to flow through the hydrant cart into the aircraft. A hydrant coupler...
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  • A hydrant wrench is a tool used to remove fire hydrant caps and open the valve of the hydrant. They are usually adjustable so as to fit different sized...
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    Fire Hydrant (also called "the Little Giant") is a fire hydrant on the corner of Dolores Park in the Mission District of San Francisco. The hydrant is celebrated...
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    neighborhood of New York City. The pond, formed by a puddle from a leaky fire hydrant, garnered attention from locals and the press beginning at the time of...
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  • Operation Hydrant is a British police investigation into allegations of "non-recent" child sexual abuse. It co-ordinates a number of other investigations...
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    materials into the water. Hydrant flushing is the scheduled release of water from fire hydrants or special flushing hydrants to purge iron and other mineral...
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  • Nickelodeon television series, the first being CatDog: Quest for the Golden Hydrant for Microsoft Windows, which released in late 1999. Ports of the game for...
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  • tetrahedron". Dry hydrant A fire hydrant with a valve located at the bottom of the barrel, near the water main. The barrel of the hydrant remains dry until...
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    Hydrant No. 3 House is a historic fire station on Washington Street in the former village of Metcalf in Holliston, Massachusetts. It is referred to locally...
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  • A water flow test, also known as a hydrant flow test, is a way to measure the water supply available at a building site, usually for the purposes of installing...
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  • Despite fire hose and hydrant coupler standardization efforts that are at least 144 years old, there remain significant areas in Canada, the United States...
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    fire hydrants and pumps. However, if a hydrant usually has threaded couplings, an adapter is required to use with Storz. All major U.S. hydrant manufacturers...
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    devices that improved city water systems and patented an improved fire hydrant that is similar to those used currently for firefighting. Holly was a co-inventor...
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    is home to the second largest fire hydrant in the world which was unveiled on Canada Day, 2001. The fire hydrant was built out of a tank supplied by...
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    designed to carry fluids from one location to another, often from a faucet or hydrant. Early hoses were made of leather, although modern hoses are typically...
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  • of the canvas in the spray of an open fire hydrant. A johnny pump is a New York slang term for a fire hydrant that is open in the summer for kids to play...
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    of the Reuleaux triangle include giving the shape to guitar picks, fire hydrant nuts, pencils, and drill bits for drilling filleted square holes, as well...
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    A fire hydrant marked as 3-inch...
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  • neck and Charlie in the arm, causing Charlie to crash the car into a fire hydrant. Teresa is injured in the crash, Johnny is seen in an alleyway staggering...
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    Water Supply System (AWSS, though often referred to on manhole covers and hydrants as HPFS for High Pressure Fire System) is a high pressure water supply...
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    University of Alaska Museum of the North Fire hydrant locator on Gouin Boulevard in Cartierville. Fire hydrant locator in Laval Removable and swivelling metal...
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  • Georgia. It is one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of fire hydrants, gate valves, and other water infrastructure products in North America...
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  • Tennessee based industrial manufacturing group that manufactures fire hydrants, gate valves, and other water distribution products. Mueller Co. which...
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    fuelling services including into-plane fuelling, aviation fuel storage and hydrant management, investment in aviation fuel facilities at airports and engineering...
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  • en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant. Caesura A break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of...
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    runs out, the engine is connected to more permanent sources such as fire hydrants or water tenders and can also use natural sources such as rivers or reservoirs...
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  • large-scale production to street castings, water works valves, and fire hydrants as well as war materials needed for the war effort such as tank parts....
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