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Old 03-08-2018, 04:42 PM
mrmiller mrmiller is offline
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Originally Posted by jaynjeep View Post
Nice! I wish they still built stuff like this!


Thanks for sharing!
I'm with you 100% too many things now are just made to throw away.
I thought some may enjoy seeing that old hydrant. I believe their may be a few left in the system that are even older than this one was.

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Originally Posted by DieselDoctor View Post
MrMiller - your new hydrant was mfg'd in my hometown, Elmira NY.. I've lived in this area of NY all my life, and know many of the guys that cast, machined, and painted your new hydrant. You're getting a product from a foundry in small town USA where quality and pride of workmanship still mean something.
That is very cool! the quality is excellent no doubt! Getting quality stuff is hard to do anymore it seems.
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