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The two and one-half-inch hose valves for the use of the fire department, as hereinbefore prescribed, shall be of the gate or angle type and shall be located at such a height that the center line of the valve shall be not less than three feet nor more than six feet above the floor and so installed that the water will flow through the valve without kinking or bending the hose. Valve bodies shall be constructed of non-corrodible material and rated for not less than the pressure which exists in the standpipe. Hand wheels on all two and one-half-inch hose valves shall be of solid construction of malleable iron, cast iron, brass or bronze and shall be not less than five inches in diameter. Each two and one-half inch outlet shall be provided with a lugged cap to protect the threads of the valve, attached to the valve by a chain not less than six inches long.
(Prior code § 91-75; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31261, § 1)