Word: hydrant
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...northern Alabama, drive into the center square in the little town of Albertville, and you'll know the full passion of American industriousness and hometown pride. There, perched nobly atop a sleek granite platform and gleaming under a stubborn sun that hogs the sky, is a nickel-plated fire hydrant...
Albertville is the fire-hydrant capital of the world. What, you thought they just sprouted out of the ground? Somebody has to make them, and in Albertville (pop. 17,145) even dogs know what puts food in the bowl. They leave the town monument alone, despite the urge...
When the whistle blows at 3 o'clock in the hydrant factory, a redhead named Opie races away in a pickup and begins a second back-breaking job to help pay for the dream house he is building on seven lakeside acres of peace and quiet...
...monument to the one-millionth fire hydrant produced by the Mueller Co., which makes nearly half the national supply...
...only fatality was the fire hydrant," said Cambridge Police Department Patrol Officer Dennis M. O'Connor...