North American Manufacturers (G-I) of Dry Barrel Fire Hydrants |
(21Nov00) |
Catalog Model / Cast Model / Vintage & Additional Detail | Barrel Detail | Size | Nozzle Configuration & Photo Number |
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Galvin's Compound Wedge - Detroit, MI | |||
???? / ???? / large bonnet diameter in proportion to barrel diameter, late 1800s | Dry: 1 pc. w/O.D. rib, smooth | ? (? bolts under bonnet) | 0090 |
Glamorgan Pipe and Foundry - Lynchburg, VA · known models have a pot-bellied appearance |
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???? / ???? / Type 1 - rim of bonnet has vertical notches | Dry: 2 pc. w/4 bolt joint, smooth | ? | 0242 |
???? / ???? / Type 2 - Pat. Dec 10, 1897, rim of bonnet has braided rope appearance | Dry: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth | ? | 0243 |
???? / ???? / Type 3 - Pat. Dec 10, 1897, rim of bonnet is smooth, tallest model | Dry: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth | ? | 0293 |
Gloucester City | |||
???? / ???? / flip lid style hydrant, early 1800s | Dry: 2 pc. w/horiz. bolted joint, smooth | ? | 0291 |
Gloucester Iron Works - Glouchester, NJ | |||
???? / ???? / barrel tapered smaller at top, bonnet larger than top of barrel, nozzle located low | Dry: 1 pc. w/O.D. rib, vert. fluted | ? | 0461 |
Grinnel Hydrant - ????, ?? | |||
???? / ???? / bell shaped bonnet with very thick rim | Dry: ? pc., vert. fluted | ? | 0395 |
Hamilton Water Works - Hamilton, ON | |||
???? / ???? / dated 1859 | Dry: 1 pc. w/no O.D. rib, smooth | ? | 0146 |
Hanover Hydrant - Hanover, PA | |||
???? / ???? / upper part of bonnet is bell shaped | Dry: 1 pc. w/O.D. rib, smooth | ? (4 bolts under bonnet) | 0445 |
Herron Brady - Chattanooga, TN | |||
???? / ???? / Type 1 - 'swollen' upper barrel with circular bands | Dry: 1 pc. w/O.D. rib, circular bands | ? (4 bolts under bonnet) | 0298 |
???? / ???? / Type 2 - bell shaped bonnet that is vertically fluted | Dry: ? pc., smoooth | ? (4 bolts under bonnet) | 0399 |
Hinckley - San Francisco, CA | |||
???? / ???? / tall vertically fluted bonnet with diameter growing from barrel dia. at bottom and flairing out at top | Dry: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, vert. fluted | ? (4 bolts under bonnet) | 0450, 0451 |
Holly Mfg. Co. - Lockport, NY | |||
???? / ???? / Type 1 - Pat. Sep 14, 1869 and mfr. name and location cast onto top of bonnet, pot-bellied appearance similar to Union Iron Works | Dry: 2 pc. w/4 bolt joint, smooth | ? (? bolts under bonnet) | 0092 0093(top) |
???? / ???? / Type 2 - top of bonnet has cone shaped supports for operating nuts | Dry: ? pc., smooth | ? | 0435 |
???? / ???? / Type 3 - highly ornate barrel casting with 'king's crown' design between bonnet and nozzles, and 'waving grass' originating on lower portion of upper barrel and reaching up to nozzles, 1874 | Dry: 1 pc., ornate | ? | 0468 |
???? / ???? / Type 4 - smooth nozzle section and smaller dia. barrel portion | Dry: 2 pc. w/4 bolt joint, vert. fluted | ? | 0500 |
Holyoke Iron Works - Holyoke, MA (see also Norwood Engineering) | |||
???? / ???? / bonnet cast integral with barrel, mfr. & location on top of bonnet, ~1900 | Dry: 1? pc., smooth | ? | 0096 |
Howard Iron Works - Centre County, PA | |||
???? / ???? / Type 1 - looks like a vertically fluted toadstool mushroom with nozzles, found with 'flange protector' skirt | Dry: ? pc., vert. fluted | ? | 0434 |
???? / ???? / Type 2 - conventional looking, found with 'flange protector' skirt | Dry: 2 pc. w/4 bolt joint, vert. fluted | ? (4 bolts under bonnet) | 0432 |
I. S. Gassins and Co. - Philadelphia, PA | |||
???? / ???? / beautiful ornamental designs on barrel, mid-1800s | Dry: 1 pc. w/no O.D. rib, ornamental | ? | 0148 |
Iowa Valve - Oskaloosa, IA (see Eddy Iowa) · all types have either "The Iowa" or "Iowa" model name cast onto the top of the bonnet · all have an off-center operating nut on a round bonnet w/8 angled surfaces held on by a single bolt · patent dates, present on Var. 1 & 2, are on barrel w/mfr. name and location |
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Iowa / Iowa / Var. 1 | · full underbonnet barrel flange with closed nut pockets, no date of manufacture
· sub-variants differ in style of lettering and patent dates | ||
Var. 1a - "Iowa Valve Co" and "Oskaloosa" in semi-circular arcs, one or more patent dates May 22, 1906; Feb 7, 1911; and Dec 2, 1919 | Dry: 1 pc. w/O.D. rib, smooth | ~4" (4 bolts under bonnet) | 0118 |
~5" (6 bolts under bonnet) | (n/a) ; 0321 | ||
~6" (8 bolts under bonnet) | 0319 | ||
Var. 1b - horizontal mfr. & location lettering, patent dates of May 22, 1906 and Feb 14, 1928 | Dry: 1 pc. w/O.D. rib, smooth | ~4" (4 bolts under bonnet) | (n/a) |
Iowa / Iowa / Var. 2 | · Pat. Feb 14, 1928 on upper barrel, no date of manufacture
· sub-variants differ in the underbonnet area of the barrel flange | ||
Var. 2a - full underbonnet barrel flange with 'closed' nut pockets | Dry: 2 pc. w/4 bolt joint, smooth | 4" (4 bolts under bonnet) | (n/a) ; 0184 |
Dry: 2 pc. w/8 bolt joint, smooth | 5 1/4" (8 bolts under bonnet) | (n/a) | |
Var. 2b - 8 gusset barrel flange underbonnet | Dry: 2 pc. w/8 bolt joint, smooth | 5 1/4" (8 bolts under bonnet) | (n/a) |
Var. 2c - full underbonnet barrel flange with 'open' nut pockets | Dry: 2 pc. w/4 bolt joint, smooth | 4 1/4"; (4 bolts under bonnet) | (n/a) |
Iowa / Iowa / Var. 3 - no patent date, full underbonnet barrel flange with 'open' nut pockets, model name cast vertically on front of barrel, 1950-61 noted | Dry: 2 pc. w/4 bolt joint, smooth | 4 1/4" (4 bolts under bonnet) | (n/a) |
Iowa / Iowa / Var. 4 | · no patent date, 4 gusset barrel flange underbonnet, has date of manufacture
· sub-variants differ in the style of eyelet for cap chain attachment | ||
Var. 4a - formed eyelet for cap chains, dated 1963 under eyelet | Dry: 2 pc. w/8 bolt joint, smooth | 5 1/4" (8 bolts under bonnet) | 0248 |
Var. 4b - cast eyelet for cap chains, dated 1968 above flange at upper/lower barrel joint; see Eddy Iowa Var. 2 | Dry: 2 pc. w/8 bolt joint, smooth | 5 1/4" (8 bolts under bonnet) | 0183 |
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