M. Greenberg's Sons; P.4

M. Greenburg's Sons - 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.

Dry Barrel and Wet Riser Hydrants
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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)

FHO# 0591
Model: 67
Date: 1951
Location:Hopland, CA
Photo: © 2000, Willis Lamm

FHO# 2258
Model: ? (not marked, wet riser)
Date: (not dated)
Location: Jeff K. collection
Photo: © 2004, J. Kaminski

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

FHO# 2062
Model: Model 28
Size: 5" V.O.
Date: 1951
Location: Tom Cooper collection
Photo: © 2003, Tom Cooper

Modern Hydrants
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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

(MOFD Hydrant Shop)
FHO# 0705
Model: EBMUD 65
Date: 1968
Location: Orinda, CA
Photo: © 2000, Willis Lamm

FHO# 0100/0101
Model: (Low Profile)
Date: 1970s
Location:Hawaii
Photo: © 2000, Aaron Gordon

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