GC9FNDM Traditional Cache FIRE!!
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: K0MAY @ | Hide Date: 08/28/2021 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 47.490 W105° 08.335 | Last updated: 06/13/2022 | Fav points: 0
Available at all times  Parking available  Bicycles  Stealth required 

Fire!!

Heres a short history on the hydrant!!

Credit for the first fire hydrant in 1801 goes to Frederick Graff Sr., a fire engineer from Philadelphia. Although, the patent for his creation of the fire hydrant is not verified due to a fire that occurred in the patent office where all destroyed records. As a result, according to some sources, George Smith, a fireman, is given credit for creating the first fire hydrant in 1817. 

 Prior to the creation of the fire hydrant, firefighters used a bucket brigade and/or hand pumping system. This process called for buckets of water to be moved from a nearby water source to the location of the fire by volunteers. In order to gain access to a great amount of water, firefighters had to dig a hole into the water main. Once they no longer needed water, “fire plugs” were created in order to close the hole. These slow and inefficient systems did not suffice for extinguishing fires of great size.

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5 Logs: Found it 4  Write note 1  

Found it 05/30/2022 By SkutrMaj1
YAAAY!

Found it! It’s tiny

Found it 05/17/2022 By Sheeeesh1234
Hi found it

Found it 05/08/2022 By Therealoctobrod
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Write note 04/24/2022 By haleyjade35
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Found it 04/24/2022 By kthj2026
Good hide!