It’s not every day you see a 40-foot fire hydrant carried down the streets of downtown Columbia — or anywhere, for that matter. The “Busted Plug” sculpture, an iconic piece of public art by artist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 22 years, from Feb. 18, 2001 to Feb. 23, 2023, a 40-foot-tall silver sculpture of a fire hydrant towered over Taylor Street in ...

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COLUMBIA — Moving a 40-foot fire hydrant was not easy. But after hours of rigging and driving on Feb. 23, Busted Plug arrived at its new, temporary home. Columbia's enormous, divisive fire hydrant ...

Have a question about city life you want answered? Email Zoe at znicholson@free-times.com with the subject line "From Z to You." Answer: When Busted Plug came down from its home on Taylor Street two ...

Busted Plug, a sculpture by Columbia artist Blue Sky, lies in a field north of Columbia on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The 40-foot sculpture was installed in downtown Columbia until 2023. Joshua ...

NEWBURYPORT — When every second counts, the last thing firefighters want to do when arriving at the scene of a burning building is dig out a fire hydrant buried in snow. With that in mind, area fire ...