tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post116415108156861374..comments2024-03-18T11:55:08.722-04:00Comments on Written Inc.: Fixtures on a windswept main streetcarmilevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1164299680435154782006-11-23T11:34:00.000-05:002006-11-23T11:34:00.000-05:00I really love these pictures. I've only just star...I really love these pictures. I've only just started to try to bring my camera with me when I go out. I'll have to see what I come up with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1164251318567612302006-11-22T22:08:00.000-05:002006-11-22T22:08:00.000-05:00you've just been pimped!Killired: NaBloPoMo #22 Bl...you've just been pimped!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://killired.blogspot.com/2006/11/nablopomo-22-big-blog-pimpin.html" REL="nofollow">Killired: NaBloPoMo #22 Blog Pimpin'</A>Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666389601099570500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1164219850550748242006-11-22T13:24:00.000-05:002006-11-22T13:24:00.000-05:00Well, I have looked at this fire hydrant of yours ...Well, I have looked at this fire hydrant of yours as large as possible. The barrel is stamped with the manufacturer, the date, and the place.<BR/>It is a Mueller, looks like 1973 to me and made in Chattanooga, Tennessee.<BR/><BR/>It is probably a model 107 because of the date and the look. Mueller moved the manufacturing plant from Chattanooga to Albertville, Alabama in 1975 so it has to be made before then.<BR/><BR/>In 1857, Heironymous Mueller founded the company in Decatur, IL. In 1933 they bought Columbia Iron Works and hydrants became part of their product line. Columbian Iron Works had manufactured hydrants since 1908 and was located in Chattanooga, TN. This is interesting because Decatur, Illinois is in the southern part of the state close to where my dad was raised. Decatur was the "big city" back then and is not too far from CARMI, Illinois.... See how this twisted comment goes?<BR/><BR/>Information on hydrants from <A HREF="http://www.firehydrant.org/" REL="nofollow">here</A>. Also, I try to get a close up of the top bonnet as some companies put information about the manufacture there as well as on the side of the barrel.<BR/><BR/>And in reference to kontan's comment. I wonder if that is down near the coast of Mississippi. My daughter took a picture of a "dalmation" hydrant while in Pass Christian for Thanksgiving. (before Katrina).srphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11751987787364198318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1164212390988182952006-11-22T11:19:00.000-05:002006-11-22T11:19:00.000-05:00The city we used to live in painted all of their h...The city we used to live in painted all of their hydrants to look like dalmations. Pretty cute. <BR/><BR/>I'll keep this in mind as we travel. Here in Mississippi abandoned farm equipment is the norm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1164205532617327902006-11-22T09:25:00.000-05:002006-11-22T09:25:00.000-05:00Carmi, only you could find the beauty in a forgott...Carmi, only you could find the beauty in a forgotten, now useless piece of equipment. <BR/><BR/>Around here, I might find cast off bits from the building boom we are experiencing.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1164172758898821392006-11-22T00:19:00.000-05:002006-11-22T00:19:00.000-05:00Exactly, for the memory of the moment.http://stati...Exactly, for the memory of the moment.<BR/><BR/>http://static.flickr.com/81/242744291_5aabe86824_b.jpgBooster MPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11420404310967309217noreply@blogger.com