Clow Canada - Saint John, NB Canada Daigle & Freres - St. Lambert, Québec, Canada Daigle Aqua Inc - St. Lambert, Québec, Canada Concord Supply - Maple, Ontario, Canada Little is known about the origins of Daigle & Freres or Daigle Aqua at this time. It appears that this company started making fire hydrants beginning in the early 1960s in the province of Québec. At some point in the 1980s the company ceased operations. Concord Supply is a supplier of waterworks specialties and was incorporated in the early 1980s, at which time they acquired the fire hydrant assets of Daigle Aqua. Concord manufactured the Daigle D67 hydrant in the original Daigle Aqua foundry throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. The D-67 model is still sold by Clow Canada, now called the Premier D-67-M. Such is the nature of foundries, to acquire, be acquired, or otherwise join forces. For information about Clow Canada D-67-M hydrants, contact the Clow Canada Website .Click photos to enlarge |
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with 8 bolt ground line flanges.
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1551 Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Date: 1966 © 2002 Martin Duchesne |
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Inventor Rosaire Daigle was awarded US patent #3785399 for the mainvalve/drain design that is the basis for the D-67 hydrant. The goal was to have a hydrant whose drain valves shut after just 2 revolutions of the operating nut; this allows the mainvalve to be throttled for water usage other than firefighting, such as at a construction site, without water flooding out the drains. Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with 6 bolt ground line flange. |
1553 Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Date: 1978 Location: St. Sauveur, Quebec, Canada © 2002, Stuart Niven |
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Concord Supply redesigned the outward appearance, but the hydrant retains the Daigle patented mainvalve design, the basis for the D-67 desigination. Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with 6 bolt ground line flanges. |
1889 Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Date: 1983 Size: 5" V.O. Location: Mike V. collection ©2003, M. Vacanti |
1557 Nozzles: 2x 2.5", 1x 4" Date: 1988 Size: 5" V.O. Location: Longueuil, Quebec ©2001 Martin Duchesne |
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The Premier D67M is the most recent evolution of the original Daigle D67, and is in current production by Clow Canada. Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with 6 bolt ground line flange. |
1684 Nozzles: 2x 2.5", 1x 4" Date: 1999 Location: St. Sauveur, Quebec, Canada Markings: Markings: D67M, Premier, Concord, 150 PSI, 1999, 5 © 2002, Stuart Niven |
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