Quote Originally Posted by great_fire View Post
You may be correct, it's all pretty murky, but I thought the story was that the area was named New York because of the fire hydrants made there.

But then when the fire hydrants thing was brought up during the stadium naming, I did some research and found some info about NY fire hydrants, found quite a few different types but all made in the USA, I couldn't find any evidence of Guest and Chrimes ones being used over there.
Not only were NY fire hydrants made in the USA they were also designed in the USA, there were plenty of iron foundries over there capable of making them

Also fire hydrants are made of iron so why would a relatively small brass foundry in Rotherham be interested in making them?