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[SoundMaster 391]

If you look in the description, it says it was filmed in Prarie du Sac, WI.

I just realized that right after I posted it. If you look now it has been edited.

[SuperBanshee]

That's the one - there are multiple videos of it, and a couple old audio recordings on the Jmarcoz siren archive. I've heard the siren over the phone with a very loud Allertor accompanying. They also have some Sentry sirens but I do not recall hearing them distinctively - only saw one on a road trip.

Prior to its purchase and installation, Prairie du Sac had another Red Arrow. It was bought in 1927 and lived in a tower. This siren was removed around 1962 when the old fire tower was disbanded. On this site you can find a picture of it in the tower.
http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs ... .i0010.pdf

[Tempest116]

That's the one - there are multiple videos of it, and a couple old audio recordings on the Jmarcoz siren archive. I've heard the siren over the phone with a very loud Allertor accompanying. They also have some Sentry sirens but I do not recall hearing them distinctively - only saw one on a road trip.

Prior to its purchase and installation, Prairie du Sac had another Red Arrow. It was bought in 1927 and lived in a tower. This siren was removed around 1962 when the old fire tower was disbanded. On this site you can find a picture of it in the tower.
http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs ... .i0010.pdf

Amazing piece of literature. I can't believe you found this historic piece of literature online. Wow I need to read more about this latter on. Nice piece to read about.

[Tempest116]

Last year I went around Dodge County, Wisconsin on a photography spree. Many old sights I remember from years ago when I grew up in Mayville, a small city situated along the Rock River. Perhaps the most intriguing was this old Red Arrow siren. This is a specially preserved siren located next to the fire department. It was Mayville's first siren and served for many years but eventually the town decided to use more modern sirens (SD-10s, Banshee 15, Eclipse 8s, T-112). Instead of scrapping the Red Arrow, the fire department decided to keep it along with an old C. S. Bell. A nice US flag pole adorns these relics.

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This Red Arrow is mounted on a short metal pole and base. It is not very tall, so one can easily view the siren's inner workings from below. The number of blades cannot be told, but these sirens were usually 10-15 or 10-16. The production Red Arrows' volume rating goes anywhere between 120 and 128 decibels at 100 feet depending on size and number of blades, very impressive for such small sirens.

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A view of the fire station. The railroad tracks alongside were disbanded and cut off just outside the photo. When I was young I remember seeing and hearing trains go by here.

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Not much weathering here. Just a pedestrian cobweb thread. The bottom of the siren fan acted as the primary intake.

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The bigger tag gives information for the Valley Electric motor this siren uses. The other tag is too withered to see what was printed, but it likely bore a legion referring to Decot or Sauk City.

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Nice clean storm hood. It is composed of several louver sheets bolted together to make a basket. Its bonnet is a smooth topped affair, devoid of the usual arrow ornamentation these sirens often bore. Decot never used a consistent pattern for the storm hood as each siren was unique.

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One more photo, against the nice blue sky. This is the ideal way to preserve an old siren so everyone can see and enjoy it.

The Red Arrow is a great siren. While it is less showy than the Thunderbolt and 500T that Civil Defense preferred, the Red Arrow easily holds its own in regards to practicality and efficiency. While just over 225 of these sirens were produced, they were without a doubt the most efficient dual tone sirens ever produced.

And to finish off this post, a 1928 advertisement listing. I cleaned this up so it was easier to read.

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That's a very nice siren pole. I wish most sirens in Illinois used these type of poles instead of wood poles. Just saying.