For 22 years, from Feb. 18, 2001 to Feb. 23, 2023, a 40-foot-tall silver sculpture of a fire hydrant towered over Taylor Street in downtown Columbia ... public works that draw tourists, and ...

It’s been two years since a Columbia icon was taken down and carted off. “Busted Plug,” the 40-foot fire hydrant statue that for years sat near the intersection of Taylor and Bull streets in ...