ARCHIVED: Mystery Sirens (2008-3/2021)

[murrfarms]

That is a Federal Electric Type B. It's not a Sterling, Denver, H.O.R., or anything else for that matter.

[agrotred40]

Ugh I hate it when I never look.

[Rheems1]

That is a Federal Electric Type B. It's not a Sterling, Denver, H.O.R., or anything else for that matter.

For me it tends to get a touch shaky here, that does indeed remind me of the Mars Fire Siren I have seen a few times in ads on here. I THOUGHT that the Type B was a coded version of the Federal Fire Siren (or Federal Lion as we have called it). I will admit (though not loudly as my wife might overhear) that I don't know everything and some things are starting to mush together now, is there a coded and non-coded sub-group on the Model B or was my orignal thought correct in that the B was a coded Federal Fire Siren?

[Daniel]

I have never seen a closeup photo or video of a Mars siren. Did Mars actually build these or did they just sell relabeled sirens?

[bobcat418]

Well, I typed MARS siren into Google Images and this came up

[Antiwhoknows]

That doesn't mean it's right.

[Justin]

Got a historical one for you all, which I've never seen before.

Browsing eBay out of boredom, found this: http://imgur.com/qMXBQft

Detailed as a Chicago Civil Defence photo, '43 era, testing their 'new' air raid siren. Dated May 21 1943. If I remember correctly, Chicago also had a few Chrysler's floating around? Or were they more exclusive to the West Coast?

[Mark N]

Got a historical one for you all, which I've never seen before.

Browsing eBay out of boredom, found this: http://imgur.com/qMXBQft

Detailed as a Chicago Civil Defence photo, '43 era, testing their 'new' air raid siren. Dated May 21 1943. If I remember correctly, Chicago also had a few Chrysler's floating around? Or were they more exclusive to the West Coast?

I think this is the Bell Telephone Co. "Big Bertha" siren.

[Gandalf]

Looks like a big Norelco shaver.

[Daniel]

Looks like three twelve-port rotors.