Clow Canada T. McAvity & Sons - Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Thomas McAvity & Company started business on May 19th of 1834 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Over the years, the company's name changed to J. and T. McAviity, then to T. McAvity & Sons, and finally to T. McAvity & Sons Ltd. The company manufactured the first McAvity fire hydrants in 1903. In 1960 the company was sold to Crane Canada Ltd. The McAvity division of Crane Canada then was sold to Clow Canada in 1990. Clow Canada is the current owner and produces the M67 and Brigadier Heritage hydrants with the brand name McAvity still cast on the hydrant.
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with 6 bolt bonnet and ground line flanges. Bonnet flange is more rounded than the very similar model No. 2 shown below.
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2034 Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Model: 9651, No. 1 Size: 4 1/4" V.O. Date: 1955 Markings: McAvity St John, NB 175 1955 No. 1 © 2004 Stuart Niven |
1623 Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Date: 1954 Location: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada © 2004 Walter Lloyd |
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with 6 bolt bonnet and ground line flanges. |
0464 Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Date: 1961 © 2000, Russ Porterfield |
0360 Nozzles: 2x 2½", 1x 4½" Date: 1950s © 2000, John Clack |
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Identifying Characteristics: One-piece dry barrel hydrant. McAvity apparently had a business relationship with Canadian Ludlow Mfg. at some point. The hydrant below is strikingly similar to the Ludlow List 75, in fact it is a virtual clone.
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1663 Date: 1949 Location: Angus, Ontario, Canada © 2002, David Beardsall |
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant, nearly an exact clone of the Ludlow List 90. From an early 1960's McAvity catalog, Pages 58 & Page 59, we know that this hydrant has a sliding gate mainvalve design. |
0548 Size: ~ 5" V.O., 8 bolt flange Location: Edmonton, AB Photo: © 2000, John Anderson Notes: Also has "Canadian Ludlow Mfg. Co. Ltd" cast on operating nut. See 0549 : Top View |
2251 Size: ~ 5" V.O., 6 bolt flange Location: Nova Scotia Photo: © 2004, Butch Campbell |
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Identifying Characteristics: Modeled on the external appearance of the Ludlow List 90, but not a slide gate hydrant. |
2222 Model: M59M Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Location: Drumheller, Alberta, Canada © 2005, Stuart Niven |
1231 Nozzles: 2x 2.5", 1x 4" Model: M59M Date: 1965 Location: Drumheller, Alberta, Canada © 2005, Stuart Niven |
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with 8 bolt bonnet and ground line flanges. Classic McAvity styling but with a more hemispherically shaped bonnet compared to models 1 and 2.
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1560 Model: M59M Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Date: 1967 Location: Longueuil, Quebec, Canada © 2001, Martin Duchesne |
0479 Model: M59 Nozzles: 2x 2.5", 1x 4.5
© 2000, John Clack |
1232 Model: Brigadier Heritage Nozzles: 2x 2.5" © 2003, Clow Canada |
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with 8 bolt ground line flange. The M67 is in current production by Clow Canada. The modern lines are consistent with the direction styling was taken during the late 1960s when this hydrant was introduced. Can be confused with the Dresser 500 hydrant, but no parts are interchangeable with that model.
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1559 Size: 5¼" V.O. Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Date: 1974 Note: <FM> and ULC rated. Location: Longueuil, Quebec, Canada © 2001, Martin Duchesne |
1780 Size:5¼" V.O. Nozzles: 2x 2½", 1x 5" Date: 1988 Location: Massachusetts © 2002, J. Kaminski |
0212 Nozzles: 2x 2½", 1x 4" Date: 1971 Location: Windsor, Ontario © 2003 Ethan Kennedy |
1636 Date: 1988 Notes:100mm Storz pumper Markings: M67, McAVITY, Canada, ULC, 5 1/4, 150, 1988 Location: Ontario © 2002, Stuart Niven |
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with 8 bolt ground line flange. The Brigadier M67 is in current production by Clow Canada.
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2223 Model: M67B Brigadier Size: 5¼" V.O. Nozzles: 2x 2½" Date: 2000_ Note: <FM>, 175, 1-8105769, M67B, ULC, 150 Location: Drumheller, Alberta, Canada © 2005, Stuart Niven |
1559 Size: 5¼" V.O. Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Date: 1997 Note: <FM> w/100mm Storz pumper Location: Longueuil, Quebec, Canada © 2001, Martin Duchesne |
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with one piece barrel, internally gated hose outlets, intended for high pressure fire service.
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1963 Nozzles: 2x 2.5", internally gated © 2003, Michael J. Vacanti |
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with 8 bolt bonnet and ground line flanges. The Durite H64 appears identical to the M59, but the manufacturer is unclear at this time. This may be a McAvity product. H64 is thought to signify 1964 as the year of introduction.
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1558 Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Date: 1964 Location: Longueuil, Quebec, Canada Notes: <FM> rated © 2001, Martin Duchesne |
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