fire hydrant 004

the more i stare at fire hydrants, the more i see. countless sub categories with varied minutiae. this one falls into the domed hat category. these tend to be two toned but i've also seen them in one color or many depending. the yellow and silver combo here is nice. as you can see it comes up through a wooden sidewalk. it sits on one of the side streets in old town sacramento right across from the railroad museum which is interesting because it came all the way from elmira, ny.
i had thought there were certainly plenty of places here in california that still churn these out, but some research discovered like everything else in the world, a once thriving and regional industry has shrunk to a handful of conglomerate interests. but if you would like to see some examples of some beautiful old plugs take a trip here to fire hydrant.org. you'll never look at one the same again.