La Compagnie F.X. Drolet - Quebec, Quebec Canada
EMCO Corporation Drolet Produits Municipaux - Québec City, QC Canada F.X. Drolet was founded by Francois Xavier Drolet in 1875 in Quebec City as a repair facility for industrial pumps and steam engines. A foundry was added early on for the production of street fountains amongst other things. In 1908 a dry was dock built, adding ship repairs to the range of services. Fire hydrants were added to the company's product line at some point, at least 3 models were produced in their factory. The model designations for these hydrant are the Series #1, Series #50, & Series # 100. The Series 50 looks like an R.D. Wood Mathews Improved clone. EMCO is a distributor of both Clow Canada and Mueller Canada fire hydrants. Drolet Produits Municipaux is a distributor of EMCO Corp. After Drolet stopped producing their own hydrants, the entered agreements with other manufacturers, notably Canada Iron and Clow Canada. At least 3 models were produced by others under the Drolet brand name. If you have information about F.X. Drolet, such as old advertisements, brochures, etc., please Contact Us. André Mathieu provided information for this page. Click photo to enlarge |
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant that is similar to the R.D. Wood Mathews Improved models.
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2405 Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Date: ???? Photo courtesy John Downs Canadian Firefighters Museum Port Hope, Ontario. |
2406 Nozzles: 3x 2.5", 1x4" Date: ???? Photo courtesy John Downs Canadian Firefighters Museum Port Hope, Ontario. |
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with 8 bolt ground line flange.
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2218 Nozzles: 2x 2.5", 1X 4" Date: ???? Photo courtesy Cindy Raczkevi |
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant that is a clone of the Canada Iron C-61 hydrant.
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant that is a clone of the Canada Iron C61A.
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant that is a clone of the Canron CT.
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Identifying Characteristics: Dry barrel hydrant with 6 bolt ground line flange.
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2217 Nozzles: 2x 2.5", 1x 4" Date: ???? Modified Picture Denis Chabot, © Le Québec en images CCDMD |
2226 Model: 500 Nozzles: 2x 2.5" Date: 1989 Notes: on barrel, Front: Drolet 500. Back: ULC, 1989, 150 PSI, 5, Location: Grenville, Quebec, Canada © Stuart Niven |
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