Madison County, Illinois siren pics

[Adam Pollak]

Yeah, I know that Wood River has a T-bolt still at the Roundhouse recreation place and also one at one of the city utility/water department buildings near a water tower. Madison and St. Clair Counties have a lot of sirens, both old and new. I've pretty much exhaustedly searches those areas. I always did wonder where that YouTube Wood River video was from though.

[vortexofmisery]

Yeah, I was surprised I found as many as I did in those rural areas where my pics came from. I'm thinking about taping nearby Collinsville's Modulator. Everyone knows bout St. Louis County's Whelen-fest, but I found a list that you might have seen of St. Charles County's siren list which includes type and location of all. I could literally pick one and video it, although there's nothing we haven't seen, but still interesting.

http://www.scchealth.org/docs/ems/docs/ ... wdloc.html

[FedTB]

Vortexofmisery, welcome! I live in St. Charles County. Nice to have another St. Louis area siren enthusiast on board!

That St. Charles County siren list that you mentioned has not been updated in several years, unfortunately. Yes, we do have lots of Whelens out here; in fact I live about 1/4 of a mile from an O'Fallon siren, a Whelen WPS-2806, which can be seen from my kitchen window. Very loud from here!

Hey, why didn't you snap a pic of East Alton's 2T22? I just saw that last night while passing through going to a FOOLS meeting in Wood River (at the Franchise Bar). In fact I saw one of the 4003's, there on Edwardsville Rd., going to the meeting. I remember seeing Wood River's T-Bolt years ago when one was located near the fire station.

Again, welcome!

[vortexofmisery]

Thanks for the welcome! I'd be happy to snap a pic of that 2T22, although I've never seen it (or noticed it). Do you know where it's located or any landmarks that are close to it? I know in East Alton there is a Whelen by the municipal building.

[FedTB]

Vortexofmisery, I just remember seeing it off to my left, as I was driving along St. Louis Avenue (I think it was St. Louis Avenue and not Broadway anymore) as I was headed toward Wood River. It was mounted on a low tower, next to a small red building. It was CD yellow, so I'm assuming it was a tornado/air raid siren and not a fire siren.

[vortexofmisery]

I had a busy day today around the area and of course had my camera with me, once again.



East Alton, IL 2T22





Glen Carbon, IL Whelen WPS-2806 (?)





Another Glen Carbon, IL Whelen WPS-2806(?). Looks tiny next to the water tower.





Granite City, IL Federal Signal Modulator.





Granite City, IL Federal Signal Modulator (Close Up)

[FedTB]

If you go over to Collinsville near the Gateway Center, there's a Modulator near there, and it's leaning over some. Mounted to the rear of Collinsville's police station is a Federal STH-10.

[fstbolt]

What was the point of having the fins on the vortexes? looks cool though

[Crazywarriorman]

One big bump here, but my old lady plays softball at the bar where that GCS Model 5 is located at. I got a chance to talk to the owner about it and it came from Staunton years ago, like in 2003 or 2004. He bought it an a city auction and had plans to rig it up and set it off every time someone would hit a home run. He's selling the bar now, and the siren is going along with it. The fin-back vortex on the Edwardsville city hall is gone too, just replaced by a newer vortex sometime in 08.

[gman 1]

You really should try to obtain the siren.