Crystal Springs, Mississippi Siren

[500AT]

I believe this photograph was taken in Crystal Springs, Mississippi in the late 1940s. On the pole in the background, you can see what appears to be a Federal siren. I took a quick look on Google Earth, and the town has changed so much over the past 65 years. More than likely this siren has been replaced.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mississipp ... otostream/

[500AT]

Amazingly enough, this siren is still standing, albeit on a new pole. On Google Earth, if you look behind the FasTax at 200 S. Jackson Street, it's sits on top of a pole. I have a feeling they still use the siren for fire or weather warnings.

[Daniel]

Those were the days, when women dressed like women, men dressed like men, cars were elegant, and machinery was built to last.