| Catalog Model / Cast Model / Vintage & Additional
Detail |
Barrel Detail |
Bonnet Detail |
Valve Stem Guide |
Nozzle Configuration & Photo Number |
| Builders Iron Works - Oakland, CA |
| ???? / ???? / 'horse hydrant' with knob on top to hitch horses to,
small gussets from barrel to flange, 1880s |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
6 bolt, domed w/horse ball |
recessed |
 0497 |
Clow Corp. - Oskaloosa, IA (see also Rich Mfg. Co. and Long Beach Iron Works)
· both wet and dry barrel models made by the same company
· Clow bought out Rich Mfg. Co. and Long Beach Iron Works |
| ???? / 5 / round tapered barrel smaller at top, arrow shaped
recesses cast by each barrel joint bolt, 1980 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
 0495 |
???? / 850 / 8 sided tapered barrel smaller at top, but tapers
back in at flange, 4 gussets from barrel to flange |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
 0372 |
| ???? / 960 / round tapered barrel smaller at top, arrow shaped
recesses cast by each barrel joint bolt, 1992 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
 0540 |
| ???? / 966G / round tapered barrel smaller at top, arrow shaped
recesses cast by each barrel joint bolt, 1997 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0494 |
| ???? / 2060 / cylindrical barrel |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0377 |
EBMUD (East Bay Municipal Utility District) - Oakland, CA
(See M. Greenberg and Mueller for the EBMUD models)
· This large water utility is a "crossover" into the manufacturers. Their
designs were based on M. Greenberg hydrant models; and most were made by M. Greenberg with
a few by Mueller. Where the M. Greenberg base models used integral cast collars in which
the stem guides were completely recessed; the EBMUD versions had the bronze stem guides
exposed because they screwed directly into the side of the barrel. |
James Jones Company - El Monte, CA
· hydrant with an asterick(*) by photo number has 2 different sizes of pumper
nozzles |
| ???? / ???? / Type 1 - round tapered barrel smaller at top,
barrel has individual teardrop shaped recesses cast by each barrel joint bolt |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
 0241;
0391 |
| ???? / ???? / Type 2 - round tapered barrel smaller at top,
barrel tapers back in near bottom for barrel joint flange, 1987-88 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/8 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
 0334, *0353 |
| ???? / ???? / Type 3 - cylindrical barrel, unspectacular appearance |
Wet: 1 pc., smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0379 |
Long Beach Iron Works Inc. - Long Beach, CA (see also Clow Corp.)
· bought out by Clow Corp. in February 1996 |
| ???? / Model 621 / mfr. name, location, and model on barrel, 1992 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0237 |
| ???? / ???? / Type 1 - 2 pc. upper barrel, nozzle section has
a tapered octagonal shape smaller at top and there is a clamp joint to lower part
of upper barrel which has 3 large gussets to flange, 1991 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0381 |
???? / ???? / Type 2 - 2 pc. upper barrel with 2 nozzles above
clamp joint and 1 below, upper barrels uniformly tapered smaller at top, 1988 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0380 |
???? / Model 37G3 / tapered barrel smaller at top, and tapers
down again to flange, 1992 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0493 |
???? / Model 315 / tapered barrel smaller at top, arrow shaped recesses
cast by each barrel joint bolt, 1998 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0503 |
M. Greenberg and Sons - San Francisco, CA
· both wet and dry barrel models made by the same company
· early models (pre 1940s) did not have model numbers cast onto the barrels
· models 71 & 72 are short hydrants that could be thought of as the same model with different nozzle configurations
· models 73 & 74 (taller versions of the 71 & 72, respectively) and the 75 & 76 could also be thought of as the same model with different nozzle configurations
· see EBMUD and SFFD for more detail about these "M. Greenberg" models listed below
· bought out by Rich Mfg. Co. in the late 1980s |
| 71 / 71 / early bolted bonnet style, no cast gussets between
barrel & flange, 1907 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
6 bolt, domed |
recessed |
0617 0618(top) |
| 71 / 71 / later frisbee bonnet style, 6 cast gussets between
barrel & flange, 1957 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
frisbee-shaped cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0590 |
| EBMUD 71 / EBMUD 71 / 6 cast gussets between
barrel & flange, 1948 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
frisbee-shaped cast w/barrel |
exposed |
0535 |
| 72 / 72 / early bolted bonnet style, no cast gussets between
barrel & flange, 1905 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
6 bolt, domed |
recessed |
0543 |
| 73 / 73 / early bolted bonnet style, no cast gussets between
barrel & flange, 1910 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
6 bolt, domed |
recessed |
0585 |
| 74 / 74 / early bolted bonnet style, no cast gussets between
barrel & flange, 1907 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
6 bolt, domed |
recessed |
0514 |
| SFFD 74 / SFFD 74 / Var. 1 - 'horse hydrant' with knob on top to hitch horses to,
tall gussets from barrel to flange, 1900 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
6 bolt, domed w/horse ball |
recessed |
 0525 |
| SFFD 74 / SFFD 74 / Var. 2 - early bolted bonnet style, taller dome than std. model,
tall gussets from barrel to flange, 1911 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
6 bolt, domed |
recessed |
0524 |
| SFFD 74 / SFFD 74 / Var. 3 - early bolted bonnet style, taller dome than std. model,
short gussets from barrel to flange on both ends of barrel, 1920s |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
6 bolt, domed |
recessed |
0528 |
| 74 / 74 / later frisbee bonnet style, 6 tall cast gussets between
barrel & flange, 1950s |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
frisbee-shaped cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0126 |
| EBMUD 74 / EBMUD 74 / 6 tall cast gussets between
barrel & flange, 1945 |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
frisbee-shaped cast w/barrel |
exposed |
0588 |
| 75 / 75 / 6 tall cast gussets between
barrel & flange, 1930s-56 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
frisbee-shaped cast w/barrel |
recessed |
 0604;
 0620 |
| 76 / 76 / 6 tall cast gussets between
barrel & flange, image 0155 has breakaway stem option, 1948-52 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
frisbee-shaped cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0155, 0513 |
| ???? / 54 / no cast gussets between
barrel & flange, 1940s |
Wet: 2 pc. w/8 bolt joint, smooth |
frisbee-shaped cast w/barrel |
bolted 'LA sleeve' |
0332 |
| ???? / 54GR / no cast gussets between
barrel & flange, 1964 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
frisbee-shaped cast w/barrel |
bolted 'LA sleeve' |
 0587 |
| ???? / 57 / 1954 noted |
Wet: 1 pc. w/no O.D. rib, smooth |
frisbee-shaped cast w/barrel |
bolted 'LA sleeve' |
0355 |
| ???? / ???? / Type 1 - barrel necks down to smaller dia. a few inches above flange, 1954 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
frisbee-shaped cast w/barrel |
bolted 'LA sleeve' |
0378 |
| ???? / ???? / Type 2 - looks like a Model 74 w/bolted stem guides, 1956 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
frisbee-shaped cast w/barrel |
bolted 'LA sleeve' |
0375 |
| ???? / EBMUD 64 / round tapered barrel smaller at top, arrow shaped
recesses cast by each barrel joint bolt, 1978 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0517 |
| ???? / EBMUD 65 / round tapered barrel smaller at top, arrow shaped
recesses cast by each barrel joint bolt, 1968 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0705 |
| ???? / ???? / Type 3 - barrel O.D. almost disappears
in area where independent valves are stacked on top of each other, see Rick Mfg. Type 5, 1986 noted |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
bolted 'LA sleeve' |
 0376 |
| ???? / ???? / Type 4 - 'Low Profile' design, bizarre shape not immediately recognizable as a
hydrant! |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
(n/a) |
recessed |
 0100 0101(rear) |
Mueller Co. - Albertville, AL
· both wet and dry barrel models made by the same company |
| ???? / ???? / Type 1 - hi flow model |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
 0387 |
| ???? / EBMUD 64 / all brass spec model made for EBMUD,
tapered barrel smaller at top,
arrow shaped recesses cast by each barrel joint bolt |
Wet: 2 pc. w/6 bolt joint, smooth |
cast w/barrel |
recessed |
0520 |
