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R. D. Wood & Co.

Mathews Patent


0330
Outlets: 2x 2.5"
V.O.: ~3”
Location: Collection

0325
Outlets: 2x 2.5"
V.O.: ~4”
Location: Brandon, VT

0280
Outlets: 2x 2.5"
V.O.: 4”
Date: 1891
Note: Outlets Lower
Location: Northampton, MA

‘Mathews’ (2 Tier)


0307
Outlets: 2x 2.5"
V.O.: 4”
Date: 1893
Location: Winchendon, MA

Multiple Valve “Vertical Cutoff Hydrant” (Ca. 1898)


0299
Outlets: 4x 2.5"
V.O.: 6”
Date: ? (Likely 1898)
Location: Shelburne Falls, MA

Improved


0350
Outlets: 2x 2.5", 1x 4.5"
V.O.: 4.5”
Date: 1898
Note: “DV” on bonnet
Location: Laconia, NH

0292
Outlets: 2x 2.5"
V.O.: 5”
Date: ?
Location: Orange, MA

0135
Outlets: 2x 2.5", 1x 5”
V.O.: 5”
Date: 1898
In Collection

0034
Outlets: 3x 2.5", 1x 4.5"
V.O.: 6”
Date: 1898
Note: Third 2.5" nozzle plugged, “DV” on bonnet
Location: Boston, MA

0214
Outlets: 4x 2.5"
V.O.: 6"
Date: 1898
Location: North Adams, MA

Later “Improved”?? (No model name cast)


0318
Outlets: 1x 2.5"
V.O.: 4”
Date: 1917
Location: Danville, VT

0114
Outlets: 2x 2.5"
V.O.: 4”
Date: 1922
Location: Belchertown, MA

0205
Outlets: 2x 2.5", 1x 5”
V.O.: 4”
Date: ?
Location: Portsmouth, NH

0298
Outlets: 2x 2.5"
V.O.: ~4.5”
Date: 1922
Location: Shelburne Falls, MA

0161
Outlets: 2x 2.5"
V.O.: 5”
Date: ?
Location: Hillsborough, NH

0120
Outlets: 2x 2.5"
V.O.: 5”
Date: None
Note: nozzles internally gated
Location: Winchendon, MA

0194
Outlets: 3x 2.5"
V.O.: 5”
Date: None
Note: nozzles internally gated
Location: Suncook, NH

Modernized


0026
Outlets: 2x 2.5"
V.O.: 4"
Date: 1949
In Collection

0145
Outlets: 2x 2.5", 1x 5"
V.O.: 4"
Date: 1959
Location: Kittery, ME

0348
Outlets: 2x 2.5" (At 180°)
V.O.: 5"
Date: ?
Location: Fitchburg, MA

0008
Outlets: 2x 2.5", 1x 5”
V.O.: 5”
Date: 1938
In Collection

0058
Outlets: 2x 2.5", 1x 5”
V.O.: 6"
Date: ?
Location: Antrim, NH

0341
Outlets: 3x 2.5"
V.O.: 6"
Date: 1941
Location: Lakeport, NH

0323
Outlets: 4x 2.5"
V.O.: 6"
Date: ?
Location: Vergennes, VT

Centrifugally Cast


0060
Outlets: 2x 2.5", 1x 5”
V.O.: 5”
Date: ?
Location: Antrim, NH

Special


0124
Outlets: 2x 2.5", 1x 5”
V.O.: 5”
Date: 1949
Location: Baldwinville, MA

0335
Outlets: 3x 2.5", 1x 5”
V.O.: 5”
Date: None
Location: Enfield, NH