M. Greenburg's
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- San Francisco, CA Part 4 Morris Greenberg was the inventor of the "California" wet barrel fire hydrant. Learn more about Greenberg fire hydrants by visiting the following link : http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist8/greenberg.html Except as noted, restored hydrants are from the Willis Lamm Collection. Locations indicated are where the hydrants were originally in service. |
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Greenberg produced dry barrel hydrants for the military and for communities where hydrant freezing could be a problem. While Greenberg wasn't a prolific dry barrel manufacturer, their hydrants with the familiar slight pot belly in the middle weren't that unusual to find. |
FHO# 0552 Model: 65 Date: 1943 Location: Auburn, CA Photo: © 2000, Willis Lamm See Also: FHO# 0127 (2-way)
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FHO# 0591 Model: 67 Date: 1951 Location:Hopland, CA Photo: © 2000, Willis Lamm
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FHO# 2258 Model: ? (not marked, wet riser) Date: (not dated) Location: Jeff K. collection Photo: © 2004, J. Kaminski
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Greenberg also produced "clones" of Rensselear L90A hydrants as shown below. |
FHO# 0759 Model: "Cascade" Model 25 Size: 4" V.O. Date: 1954 Location: Fremont, CA Photo: © 2000, Willis Lamm See Also: FHO# 0759B
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FHO# 2062 Model: Model 28 Size: 5" V.O. Date: 1951 Location: Tom Cooper collection Photo: © 2003, Tom Cooper
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Greenberg produced the first "East Bay" style hydrants which were designed by EBMUD. (See the EBMUD Spec page.) Greenberg also produced some rather unusual "decorator" models. |
FHO# 0517 View: EBMUD 64 Date: 1978 Location: Orinda, CA Photo: © 2000, Willis Lamm
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FHO# 0705 Model: EBMUD 65 Date: 1968 Location: Orinda, CA Photo: © 2000, Willis Lamm
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FHO# 0100/0101 Model: (Low Profile) Date: 1970s Location:Hawaii Photo: © 2000, Aaron Gordon
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