Columbia, South Carolina -
World's Largest Fire Hydrant
At almost 40 feet tall and five tons, this tilted-by-design public sculpture is not intended to provide a single drop to fight fires. But it's the largest of three contenders for the largest hydrant title.
- Address:
- 1400 Taylor St., Columbia, SC
- Directions:
- Downtown. Either I-77 exit onto Forest Drive, which turns into Taylor St.; or I-26 to I-126, which turns into Elmwood Ave., then a quick right on Marion and five blocks south to Taylor. Center of Taylor between Bull and Marion Sts, in the AgFirst Farm Credit Bank parking lot, near Palmetto Medical Center.
- Phone:
- 803-779-4242
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World's Largest Fire Hydrant Artist Blue Sky's "Busted Plug Plaza," with its enormous leaning fire hydrant fountain, was officially unveiled to the city of Columbia on February 18, 2001. The fire hydrant is 39 ft. tall, a nearly five ton steel sculpture set in a concrete base.
Jesse, the artist's son, provided information to set the record straight on the big fire hydrant, larger than competitors in Beaumont, Texas (24.5 ft.) and Elm Creek, Manitoba (29.5 ft.).
Blue sky also created the Tunnelvision mural on the Federal Land Bank Building at Taylor and Murray Sts. in 1975. You can take photos with the fire plug in the foreground and the tunnel mural in the background. [Roadsideamerica.com Team, 07/11/2005]
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