The second of two W. D. Allen Mfg. Co. fire-hose stations documented on the second floor of the Hoffmann-Hayman factory — a cast-iron swing bracket bolted to a white-painted structural column, maker's plate reading 'W. D. ALLEN MFG. CO. — CHICAGO, NEW YORK — PATENTED AUG. 1924', with a threaded elbow feeding a galvanized standpipe running down beside the column and a red painted band on the adjacent column marking the fire-equipment station
