Did the Chrysler air raid siren rotate?

[gman 1]

I was curious if the Chrysler Air Raid siren rotated. Does anyone know?

[carexpertandy]

Yes. There's evidence of it out there.

[WhelenBoy]

Yes, the whole thing is on a big turn-table. They creeped along at a slow 1 RPM, but how fast can you move that much weight anyway?! There aren't really any videos of one, because they were't really something of big interest. Most don't rotate as of now because they are either stuck or broken.

[gman 1]

Thanks

[Brendan W]

There's one in the city of Greenville, South Carolina that's practically a giant wind vane now.

1200 posts. Well whaddaya know?

[coastalsyrolover]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueEl7A7KaHA Here is your rotating chryslers.

EDIT: Scroll back to the beginning.

[coastalsyrolover]

For you impatient folks, skip to 6m46s and 24 minutes even for the siren.

Also the intro at 0:57.

[WhelenBoy]

Thanks for the video, coastalsyrolover, it's pretty cool.

[coastalsyrolover]

Thanks for the video, coastalsyrolover, it's pretty cool.

You are very welcome! Glad you thought so!

[Daniel]

They seemed about an octave higher in pitch than in other recordings.