Who knows why hydrants were called plugs?

Posted by Old Leatherlungs on Friday, August 17, 2001 at 11:49AM :

In Reply to: Fire truck question posted by Rob Rose on Friday, August 17, 2001 at 1:40AM :

Not PW related but I bet even fewer know the answer to this one.

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