For 22 years, from Feb. 18, 2001 to Feb. 23, 2023, a 40-foot-tall silver sculpture of a fire hydrant towered over Taylor Street in downtown Columbia, tilted at a slight angle as if it had just been ...

It’s not every day you see a 40-foot fire hydrant carried down the streets of downtown Columbia — or anywhere, for that matter. The “Busted Plug” sculpture, an iconic piece of public art by artist ...

COLUMBIA — Moving a 40-foot fire hydrant was not easy. But after hours of rigging and driving on Feb. 23, Busted Plug arrived at its new, temporary home. Columbia's enormous, divisive fire hydrant ...

You probably see them so often that you don’t even notice they are there. Fire hydrants are one of those things that aren’t interesting until you need them, but then they are of paramount importance.

BEAUMONT, Texas — A 25-year-old, 24-foot tall, Beaumont fire hydrant is currently in the running to be named one of the top 10 roadside attractions in the country and you can help make sure it happens ...

NEWBURYPORT — When every second counts, the last thing firefighters want to do when arriving at the scene of a burning building is dig out a fire hydrant buried in snow. With that in mind, area fire ...