Spiffed up

12 years ago

Houlton Pioneer Times Photo/Joseph Cyr
NE-CLR-Hydrant-dc-pt-27Cody Woods, a summer employee for the Houlton Water Company, gives a fire hydrant on Court Street a fresh coat of paint early Wednesday morning as the town gears up for the annual July Fourth

celebration. Many may not know that the top color of a fire hydrant is symbolic. It represents the amount of water pressure a firefighter can expect when hooking on a line.