Dry Fire Hydrant Design #27 - Bridge Mount Installation - East Hopewell Township, PA
 
By President Mark Davis
July 18, 2019
 

One of our more challenging bridge mount dry fire hydrant installations was completed in the first part of 2018 in East Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania (York County). The 2-inch bridge railing system provided the design challenge of how to anchor to the rail without allowing the mounting system to slip or the rail to be crushed. The final design overcame those two issues and the system worked just great. The lift was within normal limits and the flow test produced a flow in excess of 1,000 gpm. This installation was one of five purchased by the local fire department all in an effort to improve their access to fire protection water supplies.