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External access point for fire sprinkler and dry standpipe at a building in San Francisco, US Antique wet standpipe preserved at Edison and Ford Winter Estates. A standpipe or riser is a type of rigid water piping which is built into multi-story buildings in a vertical position, or into bridges in a horizontal position, to which fire hoses can be connected, allowing manual application of water ...
The cartoon was a parody of 1910s book series The Rover Boys; above is an illustration from The Rover Boys in Southern Waters.. According to Jones, Schlesinger and the Warner Bros. studio executives were less than pleased when they screened The Dover Boys because of the extensive use of limited animation and drybrush smears, and the executives went through the process of attempting to fire him ...
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Animated images is for any media containing a rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program. This category contains links to images featuring animation.
Critical fire conditions fueled by low humidity and high-speed winds will persist in Southern California this week. Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies/AFP via Getty Images
In areas where the air or surface ground temperatures reach below freezing point for part or all of the year, some standpipes are equipped with a feature whereby the same mechanism that valves the water for the bib also uncovers a drainage hole (the 'weep hole') at the base of the pipe when the standpipe is closed, ensuring that the column of water drains into the ground rather than remaining ...
The Evansville Standpipe is a historic water tower located in Evansville, Wisconsin. The 80-ft tall steel tower was built in 1901 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company , as part of the development of the local water supply system, spurred on by a devastating fire in 1896 that destroyed a large section of downtown Evansville. [ 2 ]
Standpipe (street), an external freestanding pipe to provide running water in areas with no other water supply; Standpipe water towers; Standpipe (plumbing), a vertical pipe attached to a p-trap for rapid high-volume wastewater drainage such as from washing machines; Standpipe piezometer, a device that monitors groundwater levels through a borehole