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A hydrant is an outlet from a fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached, from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped.

Depending on the fluid involved, the term may refer to:

  • Fire hydrant for firefighting water supply
  • Flushing hydrant for cleaning water mains
  • Hydrant network systems used to transport aviation fuel from an oil depot to an airport, to fuel aircraft
  • Snowmaking hydrants, which use water and air
  • Standpipe (street), a type of domestic or neighbourhood hydrant for dispensing water when supply is interrupted or absent

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Fire hydrant

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A fire hydrant, fireplug, or firecock (archaic) or "Johnny Pump" is a connection point by which firefighters can tap into a water supply. It is a component...

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Hydrant

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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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Flushing hydrant

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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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Hydrant coupler

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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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Hydrant wrench

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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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Golden Fire Hydrant

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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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Glossary of firefighting equipment

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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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Water distribution system

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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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Operation Hydrant

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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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CatDog

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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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Water flow test

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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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Birdsill Holly

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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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Storz

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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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New York Stadium

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a brass stop tap that was and still is in use in many fire hydrants worldwide, many hydrant covers have the foundry's name on them along with the towns...

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Mueller Water Products

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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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Inch

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A fire hydrant marked as 3-inch...

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Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump

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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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Reuleaux triangle

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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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Mean Streets

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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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Fire engine

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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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Stanchion

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of the University of Alaska Museum of the North Fire hydrant locator in Cartierville. Fire hydrant locator in Laval Removable and swivelling metal or wooden...

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Nairobi

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and fire stations, a State Pavilion, airfield and roadway lighting, fire hydrant system, water, electrical, telecommunications and sewage systems, a dual...

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List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes

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train cars were overturned, and multi-ton oil tanks were destroyed. Fire hydrants were ripped from the ground in town, and large trees were completely denuded...

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Water tender

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scene. Water tenders are capable of drafting water from a stream, lake or hydrant. This class of apparatus does not necessarily have enough pumping capacity...

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Operation Yewtree

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was folded into Operation Winter Key, the Met's component of Operation Hydrant. A December 2015 freedom of information disclosure revealed that Scotland...

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Skytanking

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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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North American Fire Hose Coupler Incompatibilities

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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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