Lebanon, IN *Updated w/pics*

[Travis]

I have the day off, and my tax refund check came, so I have decided to pop on down to Lebtucky (Lebanon for you non-IN folks) to take some pictures of their system. The city, from what we know, has a uniform 20V2T siren system, which covers nicely. They have eleven examples of the type strategically placed throughout the city. According to their website, they test every Friday at 12:00PM, not 11:00AM like the rest of the weekly testers. [Indianapolis, and surrounding municipalities]

Locations:
1. Washington St. and Meridian St
2. Elm St. and Ryan St.
3. Mt. Zion Rd. and Enterprise Blvd.
4. St. Rd. 39 and Cox Ave.
5. Indianapolis Ave. and Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds
6. Grant St. and Elm St.
7. Sam Ralston Rd. at Triangle Asphalt
8. Lafayette Ave. at Kise Estates
9. N. Lebanon St. at Northfield Shopping Center
10. Elm Swamp Rd. and Elizaville Rd.
11. Grant St. and Claiborne St.

iLife has this nasty habit of destroying video quality when you make a movie through there. I am going to upload two versions of the video. The uncut HD version, which will probably have talking and have about a minute or so cushion before it, and then my standard pixleated not-so-HD version.

[holler]

Finally you can catch the elusive Lebanon Sentrys.

[cmoore]

I have the day off, and my tax refund check came, so I have decided to pop on down to Lebtucky (Lebanon for you non-IN folks) to take some pictures of their system. The city, from what we know, has a uniform 20V2T siren system, which covers nicely. They have eleven examples of the type strategically placed throughout the city. According to their website, they test every Friday at 12:00PM, not 11:00AM like the rest of the weekly testers. [Indianapolis, and surrounding municipalities]

Locations:
1. Washington St. and Meridian St
2. Elm St. and Ryan St.
3. Mt. Zion Rd. and Enterprise Blvd.
4. St. Rd. 39 and Cox Ave.
5. Indianapolis Ave. and Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds
6. Grant St. and Elm St.
7. Sam Ralston Rd. at Triangle Asphalt
8. Lafayette Ave. at Kise Estates
9. N. Lebanon St. at Northfield Shopping Center
10. Elm Swamp Rd. and Elizaville Rd.
11. Grant St. and Claiborne St.

iLife has this nasty habit of destroying video quality when you make a movie through there. I am going to upload two versions of the video. The uncut HD version, which will probably have talking and have about a minute or so cushion before it, and then my standard pixleated not-so-HD version.

Are you gonna do a system test or individual siren test?

[Travis]

Due to an accident on I-65, I didn't quite make it in time for the noon test. There is always next week though, especially since I have the correct testing schedule now.

I didn't get pictures of every single unit in town. Honestly, 20V2T's get to be a little boring after awhile. It also gets confusing to keep up with the what unit is what. I did take pics of about 5 or 6 though, plus a little surprise in downtown.

It seems to me that all of the units were not installed at the same time/some might be three phase and others are not. Another reason for the different setups could be because Lebanon could have both 15V and 20V sirens. I have no idea how to tell the difference between the two just by looks. The 20V is only 2dB louder according to Sentry's website. [I was competing with overcast skies today which made photography a bit of a challenge. I had to do quite a bit of "doctoring up" to some of the pictures to make them come out.]

The first unit we came across is one of the northernmost units in Lebanon. It is at Lafayette Ave. at an apartment complex, and visible from the highway.


The next unit we came across is located at Elm Swamp Rd. and Elizaville Rd.


It had two light fixtures mounted to it, which I though was kind of interesting. Usually you only find one MV light if anything.


Here is what I am calling the "Type A" setup. Yellow control box and then the power and motor starting boxes under it.


The third unit we stumbled upon was at N. Grant Street and Outer Dr.


It has what I would call the "Type B" setup. All grey boxes, but basically the same as the yellow control in the sirens above.


Fourth, we have the Boone County Courts Building siren. This siren is likely siren #1 in the system. It is closest to the activation point. It has no boxes on its pole other than a standard grey electrical panel. On a side note, Boone County [proper] maintains its own system of ASC T-128's in some of the unincorporated county. All sirens in B. County are activated from the telecom center, with the exception of Zionsville.


Well lookie here. Just around the corner at the Lebanon Public Safety building is this old Fedelcode 5 or 7. It is still wired, but its Sentry sibling is a mere 2 blocks away. That might make an interesting recording, though I don't really like recording units in the middle of town. (And you can't get anymore central and populated than these two sirens!)


Journeying further south, we found ourselves at the Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds where they have another 15 or 20V. (I'm shocked!)


This one has the "Type C" boxes. I guess this unit is a little newer? or perhaps it is a 15V2T and not a 20V2T?


Staying with the southerly motion, we popped right on across IH-65 where there is a 20V2T right on the service road. It is pretty much off the IN-39 exit ramp, and a picture was not safely possible. But I took one anyway.
It certainly is the shiniest out of the eight or nine I saw today.

About half a mile north of here is the western-most unit in town. It's at the Duke Industrial Park. (next to a Pamida distribution center no less!) This siren looks very new also, as this area was just recently built up. It, like many of the Lebanon Sentries are easily spotted from IH-65. It looks like it might be on 3ph.


That's all we found for the most part. There weren't any other sirens with hugely different setups that necessitated photos. (These others can be found on the J. Marcoz Archive.)

I'll see if I can't try one more time for a video next week. I will probably go for the siren at the fairgrounds, as it is quiet and out of the way. That, or the unit at the apartment complex. It has a good photo-op point in the back parking lot.

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[Charlie Davidson]

Awesome pictures, excellent work on finding those Sentry sirens!
I can't wait for the video of it, I've always love the sound of Sentry 20V's in Attack mode.

[Rory Buszka]

I had the unfortunate experience of being in Lebanon and hearing the Sentry sirens activated for a tornado warning. This happened one weekend as I was leaving Purdue and heading to my home in Carmel for a weekend. The Sentry sirens sound a fundamental and then its first harmonic, which creates a sound that's similar to a single-tone siren but with less cancellation between the waveforms due to beating. It's extremely eerie to hear in-person, and even worse to hear when driving through town in a driving rain as hail begins coming down.

I still need to get over to the city building in West Lafayette at Salisbury Road and U.S. 52 on some Saturday and take a video of the Thunderbolt 1000T there. The chopper is run on the highest transformer tap, which I understand is fairly rare. Now that I live in West Lafayette, I have no excuse.

[Travis]

I had the unfortunate experience of being in Lebanon and hearing the Sentry sirens activated for a tornado warning. This happened one weekend as I was leaving Purdue and heading to my home in Carmel for a weekend. The Sentry sirens sound a fundamental and then its first harmonic, which creates a sound that's similar to a single-tone siren but with less cancellation between the waveforms due to beating. It's extremely eerie to hear in-person, and even worse to hear when driving through town in a driving rain as hail begins coming down.

I still need to get over to the city building in West Lafayette at Salisbury Road and U.S. 52 on some Saturday and take a video of the Thunderbolt 1000T there. The chopper is run on the highest transformer tap, which I understand is fairly rare. Now that I live in West Lafayette, I have no excuse.

Check out my video of the indiana statewide tornado drill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMgnru6eBoo

[holler]

The new sentry at the 4-H area is the one I took pictures of on the way to WI last year. It's right next to the interstate. Or at least I think it was that one.

[Thunderboltlover]

I believe if you search "Thunderbolt Siren" on wikipedia you will come across a pic of a t-bolt 1003 that was in Lebanon, IL. Is that still there?

[Travis]

I believe if you search "Thunderbolt Siren" on wikipedia you will come across a pic of a t-bolt 1003 that was in Lebanon, IL. Is that still there?

I don't know as I was in Lebanon, IN

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Jeb;

Judging from the boxes and newness of that Sentry, I agree that you indeed photographed the siren at the Boone County Fairgrounds.