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	fire hydrants, Cumbria
county:-	Cumbria
	Where's the Water?
	Hydrant plates are the yellow signs at the road side which tell a fireman where to look for a fire hydrant, a source of water for fire fighting.
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	The first mention of these is in an Act of 1708; a mark had to be fixed on
	"the front of an house over against the place where the stopcock lies ..."
	Later acts repeat the necessity, for example, in 1875:-
	"... shall paint of mark the building and walls within the street with words or marks near to such fire plugs to denote the situation thereof ..."
	The style of hydrant plates was standardised about 1938; and now conform to a British Standard. Many old style plates, often cast iron can be spotted in the streets today.

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