Green Dragon Hydrant - Ardmore, OK
N 34° 10.052 W 097° 08.899
14S E 670673 N 3782281
A green dragon is the subject of a newly-repainted hydrant that stands at the corner of 5th Ave SW and P St SW, Ardmore, OK.
Waymark Code: WM11VV6
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2019
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Not long ago, this was a silver hydrant with an orange cap, and it had probably been this way since the 1990s. In 2019,
Create Ardmore and the Ardmore Fire Department worked together on a beautification effort in which fire hydrants in the downtown Cultural Arts District -- a comparatively small number compared to the over 1600 hydrants that the Ardmore FD has to maintain throughout the area! -- would be given the glamour treatment. As the Ardmore FD requires that the hydrants have a specific color cap -- red, orange, green or blue -- to indicate how much water pressure each tank has behind it, they did the priming work, leaving local volunteers to use their imaginations and minimal guidelines in the effort.
The hydrant is now light green throughout, with the dragon's white eyes framed by black circles. His mouth is open, showing his teeth and red tongue on the outlet cap nut, with two black nostrils. Note how the artist put some perspective into the mouth by having the two sides narrow.