Comments on: #14: the golden fire hydrant of san francisco http://www.sparkletack.com/2005/06/25/the-golden-fire-hydrant-of-san-francisco/ San Francisco history stories Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: richard - sparkletack http://www.sparkletack.com/2005/06/25/the-golden-fire-hydrant-of-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-221299 richard - sparkletack Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:02:01 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=53#comment-221299 @ davel - resurrected! @ davel – resurrected!

]]> By: davel http://www.sparkletack.com/2005/06/25/the-golden-fire-hydrant-of-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-208102 davel Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:07:24 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=53#comment-208102 Can anything be done to resurrect the photos on this blog entry? Looks like they weren't they hosted on Dreamhost like the rest of the blog. Can anything be done to resurrect the photos on this blog entry? Looks like they weren’t they hosted on Dreamhost like the rest of the blog.

]]> By: Casey http://www.sparkletack.com/2005/06/25/the-golden-fire-hydrant-of-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-171763 Casey Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:11:04 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=53#comment-171763 Five years after your post, but an update...I know there's another golden fireplug on Noe near the corner of Ford Street (between 17th and 18th)--I used to live in the 1890 house that's built next to it. I don't have a source for it, but I heard there are six hydrants that are credited with saving their neighborhoods and are painted gold each year on the anniversary of the earthquake and fire. Five years after your post, but an update…I know there’s another golden fireplug on Noe near the corner of Ford Street (between 17th and 18th)–I used to live in the 1890 house that’s built next to it. I don’t have a source for it, but I heard there are six hydrants that are credited with saving their neighborhoods and are painted gold each year on the anniversary of the earthquake and fire.

]]> By: Keith http://www.sparkletack.com/2005/06/25/the-golden-fire-hydrant-of-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-162525 Keith Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:04:05 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=53#comment-162525 Know why there's that big knob on top of the old hydrants?Back in the horse drawn days there weren't a whole lot of trees in SF so the fire department would pull the pumper up to the hydrant closest to the fire, drop the traces (the parts that attach the horses to the fire engine) and then go down the street to the next hydrant and tie the horses there. Know why there’s that big knob on top of the old hydrants?Back in the horse drawn days there weren’t a whole lot of trees in SF so the fire department would pull the pumper up to the hydrant closest to the fire, drop the traces (the parts that attach the horses to the fire engine) and then go down the street to the next hydrant and tie the horses there.

]]> By: Chloe http://www.sparkletack.com/2005/06/25/the-golden-fire-hydrant-of-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-115737 Chloe Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:51:17 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=53#comment-115737 Hi, Richard, On my way to school tonight (I take classes at the Mission campus of CCSF on Valencia), I am going to look out the window of the J Church and take a peek at the fire hydrant. Soon, my friend Tim and I will head up there for a proper viewing. Chloe Hi, Richard,

On my way to school tonight (I take classes at the Mission campus of CCSF on Valencia), I am going to look out the window of the J Church and take a peek at the fire hydrant. Soon, my friend Tim and I will head up there for a proper viewing.

Chloe

]]> By: Melinda http://www.sparkletack.com/2005/06/25/the-golden-fire-hydrant-of-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-21171 Melinda Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:47:26 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=53#comment-21171 Mike Smith I am working on a doc about Dolores park during the fires, is your grandfather still around and do you think he would be willing to talk? Mike Smith I am working on a doc about Dolores park during the fires, is your grandfather still around and do you think he would be willing to talk?

]]> By: Mike Smith, M.A. http://www.sparkletack.com/2005/06/25/the-golden-fire-hydrant-of-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-10997 Mike Smith, M.A. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:44:53 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=53#comment-10997 The Fire raged for three days, April 18-20, and was deliberately & intentionally stopped across Dolores street from Mission Dolores by an ecumenical mass of 300 men who refilled their water wagons 10 times, pushing them south on Dolores then right onto steep 20th st.,then feathered the hand brake to roll back down to spray on the east side of Dolores across from "The Mish" as my then 21 year old grandfather Walter B. Smith called it. He & his brothers Arthur & Orde & their father Dr. Thomas Orde Lees Smith fought the fire hand to hand until it was stopped at that line of Dolores. The statue at Dolores & Market st. mentions it, I think. The Fire raged for three days, April 18-20, and was deliberately & intentionally stopped across Dolores street from Mission Dolores by an ecumenical mass of 300 men who refilled their water wagons 10 times, pushing them south on Dolores then right onto steep 20th st.,then feathered the hand brake to roll back down to spray on the east side of Dolores across from “The Mish” as my then 21 year old grandfather Walter B. Smith called it. He & his brothers Arthur & Orde & their father Dr. Thomas Orde Lees Smith fought the fire hand to hand until it was stopped at that line of Dolores. The statue at Dolores & Market st. mentions it, I think.

]]> By: richard http://www.sparkletack.com/2005/06/25/the-golden-fire-hydrant-of-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-147 richard Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:43:30 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=53#comment-147 really? fill me in if you've got addresses... really? fill me in if you’ve got addresses…

]]> By: you know me http://www.sparkletack.com/2005/06/25/the-golden-fire-hydrant-of-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-146 you know me Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:43:01 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=53#comment-146 btw, I'm pretty sure there's more than one golden fire hydrant in SF. They all survived the '06 blaze. btw, I’m pretty sure there’s more than one golden fire hydrant in SF. They all survived the ’06 blaze.

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