ARCHIVED: Mystery Sirens (2008-3/2021)

[07VFDInLCD]

Now, this one isn't much of a siren anymore, but possibly a former siren location. I was bored, so I was strolling through Google Maps Streetview in areas of town I hadn't been to before, and I stumbled upon what looked like an old siren tower, not too far away from one of the T-128s in the current siren system. It almost looks like there's still a yellow siren control box mounted on it?

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I'm not too sure what siren would've gone here. Maybe an old ACA siren or Federal Signal? Judging from the yellow control box?

Most likely a former siren location. Possibly a Model 5/7 motor housing part.

Hmm....interesting....I'm not sure my town has ever had sirens that small....I remember a post from Ben Shinn when he was talking about how he helped to install the RM-130 sirens in Ardmore....he said they took down 8 2T22 sirens, 1 early 2001 DC, and 2 Thunderbolts. This was the siren near the airport....now if only he remembered what siren went here.....it almost looks like a Thunderbolt blower pipe used to be somewhere in the tower, if you look at the first picture. Could have also been a 2T22 maybe?

[Synther]

That appears to be what's left of an airport beacon tower. Here's an example:

[07VFDInLCD]

That appears to be what's left of an airport beacon tower. Here's an example:

That could also be very likely, as it is located on a small municipal airport property. Still very interesting though.

[HX56]

I was looking around Australia for any sirens, considering I live there, and stumbled upon an unknown siren. Any help identifying it would be great!

Maps link: https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.697349 ... 384!8i8192

[SirensOfNewYork]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KDKXKDf0Zo

Sounds mechanical but almost electronic in a way. Any guesses?

[championsiren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KDKXKDf0Zo

Sounds mechanical but almost electronic in a way. Any guesses?

Sounds like one of those KM Europ sirens.
I could be wrong.

[archizackture]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KDKXKDf0Zo

Sounds mechanical but almost electronic in a way. Any guesses?

Sounds like one of those KM Europ sirens.
I could be wrong.

I compared the two in side-by-side YouTube tabs and this sound is even lower pitch than a KM siren. I'm curious to know what the siren is, but the sound seems arbitrary.

[SirensOfNewYork]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KDKXKDf0Zo

Sounds mechanical but almost electronic in a way. Any guesses?

Sounds like one of those KM Europ sirens.
I could be wrong.

I compared the two in side-by-side YouTube tabs and this sound is even lower pitch than a KM siren. I'm curious to know what the siren is, but the sound seems arbitrary.

It's very confusing. The steady tone sounds mechanical, but the wind down sounds very strange, almost like a Finnish Teho-Ulvo. It doesn't help that we don't know where this took place.

[Synther]

Sounds very similar to a Techo-Ulvo siren, just pitched down.

[SirensOfNewYork]

Sounds very similar to a Techo-Ulvo siren, just pitched down.

After reading the description, I saw the person mentioned a barangay, which is a type of village in the Phillipines. I do not know what sirens they have in the Phillipines, except for some Hormanns.