Siren hunting **New Pic's Added 7-10**

[EL1998P71]

On Friday 16, 2007 and Saturday 17, 2007 I was in downtown Detroit to go to the John K King book store to see what is new since the last visit (civil defense books, and Fire magazines) and I found these sirens......

Please note that the pic's from Sat. are not the best due to the rain


AT&T building on Van Dyke Ave near Gratiot Ave.
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American Axle Plant near Clay ave. and I-75
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This is the only Detroit Whelen I've seen so far. It may be for the Plant only?
The only 2001 I've found nearest downtown so far.
And it's not hooked up to the power lines yet.

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Burbank Elementary school at Rex and State Fair Ave.
The school has a newer name, but that's what's carved in the granite above the doorway.
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This one is hard to see from almost every side of the building except for one spot on State Fair.

I also on Saturday went down to Monroe County and Southwestern Wayne County to search around there for sirens.

Monroe Twsp Fire Station 2 Just west of I-75 (exit 11) on La Plaisance rd.

Township FD 2
Just a few 100 feet to the east of this one stands a 2001.
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Thunderbolt 1000 on W Front St and Smith St. near downtown Monroe.
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Brownstown township FD Station 2 on Jefferson and Petros
This one has one Whelen and one Federal Signal.
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Brownstown District 2 Fire Dept. on Gibraltar Rd. near Front St.
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And when I looked down I found this.........
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I went to the FD guys in the station and told them about it, and they said that the Federal signal one is the only one that works, the other has been disconnected. If you look in Pic 4 you can see the three tubes that are cut and pinched over.

[thunderbolt1003kid]

Nice pictures. are the whelens going to be removed soon? Or are they just going to sit on their pole untouched. Its seems a bit stupid that they leave the control cabinet open.

[EL1998P71]

They are just going to be as pictured, Left to the elements. That's Wayne County for ya's!

[EL1998P71]

Well after a disappointing video day. I at least got some good pic's.

The Lochmore Golf Club Thunderbolt
With the leaves now gone you can see what's hidden most of the year.
Compressor
another view
Pic from earlier in the year
Pic from earlier in the year hidden compressor view

Grosse Pointe Shores Municipal Garage
On Vernior near Lakeshore Drive.

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Finney High School Thunderbeam
On South Hampton near Woodhall
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DDOT yard Thunderbeam
On St. Jean near Warren Ave E.
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Detroit Fire Station on Houston Whittier near Gratiot.
This station used to have a Thunderbeam on it.

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I went back to Harper Woods Salter Park T-bolt and got better pics of the ID tags on the control boxes

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I plan on getting a telephoto lens for my camera. So then I can try to get a pic of the rotator tag.

[kswx29]

Awesome pictures! Those are some good close ups. Are all sirens in Detroit mounted on buildings?

[EL1998P71]

So far all that I have come across are building mounted.

[EL1998P71]

Went on a short trip to Detroit and Redford TWSP.
I started out at Lessenger Middle School, On Trinity St. Just South out Joy Rd., Just West of Evergreen Rd. I missed one street, off of Evergreen, so I went down Constance St. When I got to Trinity St. I saw a Thunderbolt poking out of the School. This the first Detroit T-bolt that the compressor that is in the building that I have found so far.
View from Constance
View from their Parkinglot
Closer view
View from Joy Rd.
A bit Closer
Even Closer
View from Spinoza Dr.

Then I took Joy Rd West to Beech Daly, then went north and found another Thunderbolt near the south Redford FD.
View from the corner of Elmira and Centralia
Looking South
Looking West
Looking North
Cabinets
Compressor
Compressor Decals
RCM tag
AR Timer/Radio Cabinet tag
Rotator
Rotator Decals
Horn
Compressor vents/decal
Hour Meter
This is the first time seeing an Hour meter on a siren.

Then I went more north on Beech Daly to Redford Township Municipal Complex. This Thunderbolt is between the FD and another Building.
View from across the street
Cabinets
AR timer/Radio cabinet CD decal
Rotator
Rotator 2nd view
Compressor

At this point, my camera was not wanting to be cold, and Light was fading fast. Some pic's are blurry, So I decided to go home, But when I got to 7 Mile, I happened to look left and down 2 blocks was another Thunderbolt. I turned around and snapped a few pic's.

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RCM tag
AR timer/Radio tag
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[Federal Signal 2001]

And when I looked down I found this.........
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That there is VERY tempting!

[Hebrith]

Poor 3016,But your right it is tempting!

[EL1998P71]

Went on another siren hunt today.
many of the Detroit T-bolt and Thunderbeams have been replaced with 2001's. But I did find a few T-bolts/beams still in place
These are not in the order I found them.

Thunderbeam ontop a school on Ward St. near Joy Rd.
This one is super hard to see except from a block away, even then you only get the top.


South Fort St Fire station near Downing St.







School on the Southfield Freeway, east side, just north of Warren Ave.




Barely visible Thunderbeam on Palmetto St. Near Van Dyke Ave.
Note* the houses across the street are taller and the east side of the building is also taller. So a majority of the sound for this one is blocked.



Thunderbeam ontop a school on McKinstry St, near Vernor Hwy.




2001 ontop a FD station on Livernois and Curtis(used to be a T-Bolt)




2001 ontop the FD training building on Warren Ave & Lawton St.(used to be a T-Bolt)




2001 ontop a FD station on Joy Rd and Southfield Freeway. (Used to be a T-bolt. )




2001 Ontop a FD station on Livernois and Beechton St. (used to be a Thunderbeam)




And lastly, I went back to Vernor Elementary to get some better pic's.
I took these from a different spot and when I was here the first time, I didn't notice the control cabinets mounted to plywood on the back side.





You can see here the older 1950's T-Bolt decal in ghost form.