ARCHIVED: Mystery Sirens (2008-3/2021)

[Daniel]

I posted this photo before many of you were born. Air is drawn in at the bottom of the rotor and the top is a solid plate. This was the old fire siren from Pacific City, Oregon. Crescent City, California, had one of these at their fire station until the mid-1980's.

[Urbanexplorer]

I posted this photo before many of you were born. Air is drawn in at the bottom of the rotor and the top is a solid plate. This was the old fire siren from Pacific City, Oregon. Crescent City, California, had one of these at their fire station until the mid-1980's.

Man, that is a blast(y) from the past.

[Synther]

I posted this photo before many of you were born. Air is drawn in at the bottom of the rotor and the top is a solid plate. This was the old fire siren from Pacific City, Oregon. Crescent City, California, had one of these at their fire station until the mid-1980's.

Wow. Thanks for the picture. What would be an appropriate name for this? A Federal Electric Model 3? And were Model 5/7s made in this fashion?

[Jake_7367]

I posted this photo before many of you were born. Air is drawn in at the bottom of the rotor and the top is a solid plate. This was the old fire siren from Pacific City, Oregon. Crescent City, California, had one of these at their fire station until the mid-1980's.

Is that one of the early Model 3's?

[Chicagosiren-hunters]

Something tells me it may be, as the earlier Model 3/5/7's had a shorter motor than the later Federal S&S/ FS Models.

[Model2]

Is this a Sterling, or Darley?

https://goo.gl/maps/jNk3HgyU9512

[Synther]

Is this a Sterling, or Darley?

https://goo.gl/maps/jNk3HgyU9512

Sterling K-5.

[justie1220]

Looks like one of those sterling K series sirens to me

[freebrickproductions]

I vote Sterling as well.

[EOWS1212man]

Any ideas on what this wacky looking thing is? Its obviously some sort of old horizontal. I hope that the FD knows all that those "projectors" are gonna do is collect rainwater...