Fire hydrant #9 - with auxiliary equipment by goodoleboy
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Captured 2/27/15 @ 9:11 am, about three-fourths of a mile from home.
A most unusual use of a fire hydrant, providing water for nearby freeway widening construction. I wonder if they'll remove that equipment and pave over that square section after the construction is complete. That is a cool gauge in the bottom photo.
Have a remarkably nice day.
Comments (5)
Nice find!
A very cool find indeed; with all the discussion about California's big drought I'm surprised to see them using this water for construction, although I can't imagine how else it could be done. There are many sticky situations ahead if something isn't done to remedy the problem, I'm afraid... Excellent shots, Harry, and that is a way-cool gauge!
Very Cool Capture!!!
AMAZING... Fantastic capture also !!!
yes, a very unusual hydrant, I've seen nothing like it in the windy city. It's amazing how it sweeps over into a tall white pipe, with all that horizontal piping in between. Another of your sightings of 'abstract' and 'concrete' art, in your environs. Making us look deeper at the objects of our days. And, with Denise, I too wondered how they could spare the water in such a drastic drought. (Maybe the construction will bring in revenue to help remedy the situation.) The top shot is an abstract, over a flat angled sidewalk and road: It looks like an art installation. And the bottom shot is that gauge, very interesting visually, with the deep blue, green blue, and the deep red. And that gauge with that segmented center (for the gauge pointer), and the words "Made in Israel". Ya don't see that too much on water equipment in the States---at least in Chicago. Fascinating shots, and lots of pattern and texture, and more of your presentation of the many patterns of life that surround us every day...