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Kennedy Valve
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, Jul 11 2008 04:17 PM
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Posted 11 July 2008 - 04:17 PM
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Posted 18 October 2008 - 01:21 PM
A link to some very, very, very cool fire hydrants manufactured by Kennedy Valve:Firehydrant.org
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Posted 18 October 2008 - 04:25 PM
You know, who would think that fire hydrants are actually that interesting. I spent 20 minutes on that webs site, I don't spend 20 minutes on any website.
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Posted 20 October 2008 - 10:57 AM
My girlfriends father has been there for 40 or more years. First job he had right out of State school and he's kept it ever since. Gonna see if he had a hand in making any of those models...
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Posted 20 October 2008 - 12:25 PM
Can he get any pictures?
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Posted 20 October 2008 - 08:54 PM
I shall speak with him and see...
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Posted 21 October 2008 - 09:24 AM
You da man!
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Posted 26 July 2009 - 11:08 PM
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Posted 27 July 2009 - 08:11 AM
Thats some interesting stuff RP, I wondered how those things took a hit from a car.
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Posted 18 August 2009 - 11:21 PM
That is and interesting web site. Does anybody have a picture of the chrome plated hydrant that was/is in Strathmont in front of the Kennedy house?
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Posted 20 August 2009 - 01:31 AM
I was in Elmira (briefly) today and managed to squeeze in a shot of that hydrant; it is at 142 Drive A, and has obviously been neglected:That is and interesting web site. Does anybody have a picture of the chrome plated hydrant that was/is in Strathmont in front of the Kennedy house?
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw (1944)
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Posted 20 August 2009 - 08:34 AM
Still a thing of beauty! Thanks for the pic!
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Posted 20 August 2009 - 08:54 AM
Amazing thing, isn't it?
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Posted 20 August 2009 - 10:34 AM
I'd suggest cleaning it, but Antiques Roadshow has me paranoid of cleaning or polishing anything because it would ruin the patina.
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Posted 21 August 2009 - 09:32 AM
People pay for the patina!
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Posted 06 September 2009 - 12:40 PM
This is from a different plant - maybe the city our forebearers raided to get Kennedy to move to Elmira...
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Posted 06 September 2009 - 12:50 PM
Coxsackie or Cortland do you think?This is from a different plant - maybe the city our forebearers raided to get Kennedy to move to Elmira...
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Posted 06 September 2009 - 11:21 PM
The picture shows "Chesackie" as the factory location. The reference to "Cortland" is the telephone exchange. For example, Elmira's exchange used to be "Regent". How many remember that?I did a search in Street Atlas for "Chesackie" and came up with nothing. Maybe it's Coxsackie, as you said Bill. This will require more research to find the actual city that originally housed Kennedy Valve.Coxsackie or Cortland do you think?This is from a different plant - maybe the city our forebearers raided to get Kennedy to move to Elmira...
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure..
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Posted 07 September 2009 - 02:47 AM
www.kennedyvalve.com/history.html1890 - To provide larger manufacturing facilities, the plant is moved to Coxsackie, New York. The D. Kennedy firm becomes the Kennedy Valve Manufacturing Co.
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Posted 07 September 2009 - 05:14 AM
For what it is worth, I remember the "Regent" telephone exchange. I have a vague recollection of before Regent when everyone had 5 digit phone number.As I remember it the use of the term Regent was short-lived and everyone just used 7,3. Ah, the good old days, when Elmira only had one phone exchange.
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