It may be surprising to some, but people actually collect fire hydrants. Below are links to photo pages of hydrant collections, and within these pages are found a variety of ideas and the motivations on which people base their hydrant interests. As you view these various collection pages you will note that some people are content with one hydrant while others have created very large private museum collections of 100 hydrants or more! One important aspect common to all of these, however, is the historic preservation of hydrants, whether intended or not. Historically significant and removed-from-service hydrants have typically been melted down as scrap. Hydrant collecting, therefore, has become the primary means by which this part of fire service history can be preserved. As a bonus, it is just plain fun.

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Follow the links below to each collector's page and see what's in store. If you have a hydrant or hydrant collection, Email Us.

The collections are grouped below by size and within each group they are alphabetized by last name from left to right. It should be noted that individuals may have more hydrants than shown on their collection page. Please also note that collection "size" does not take into account any measure of hydrant vintage, rarity, or level of restoration.