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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 2:05 am
by Allertor113
Sounds like yall had some fun!
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 2:07 am
by sirenita
mr_thunderbolt1003 wrote:I assume those are now long removed? I've seen this lone 1003 atop that building in Atlanta many times while passing through, which leaves me to wonder if there may be other stragglers up on more hi-rises in downtown ATL.
that's a good question. I was under the impression the city of atlanta sold all of their sirens to cobb, but this one might belong to another entity.
that said, there are places in fulton and dekalb with city-run sirens.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 2:47 am
by holler
Allertor113 wrote:Sounds like yall had some fun!
More fun than a barrel of monkeys.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 4:12 am
by Oldiesmann
carexpertandy wrote:mr_thunderbolt1003 wrote:Shame that the Thunderbolt was done that way, it looks to be in relatively good shape for its age, and I bet it sounded equally as good. By roofing over the blower, you mean they literally roofed over the blower box and all, or is that inside and the roofed over the external intake pipe for it?
Over the blower box, it can be seen in this Bird's Eye image.
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=qhszh1 ... ORM=LMLTCC
The horn seems to be ending up in different positions. I'm not sure if that's because of the wind, or it's still connected, and only the rotator(and chopper?) still run?
Also, did they remove the Thunderbolt that was on Sands Montessori School and either SD-10 in Sayler Park?
I'm pretty sure the Sands Montessori TBolt is gone. As I recall, it was visible from I-75, and there is no siren visible from the freeway on that building. I'm actually surprised it was still in use, considering that building's been vacant for nearly 9 years now.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 5:33 am
by nickrusche
mr_thunderbolt1003 wrote:carexpertandy wrote:Is that gray P-15 the one that just got replaced in Miami Township?
That Thunderbolt on Salvation Army in Norwood has been dead for a few years, because when a new roof was put on that building, the roofers roofed over the blower, which killed it, and made it non-servicible. :x
Yep, that's where Clayton told us it came from. Luckily, I think Nick was able to grab a video of it before it was removed. If it's the one I remember, that's one healthy siren.
Shame that the Thunderbolt was done that way, it looks to be in relatively good shape for its age, and I bet it sounded equally as good. By roofing over the blower, you mean they literally roofed over the blower box and all, or is that inside and the roofed over the external intake pipe for it?
Yep, that P-15 looks like the one I filmed back in January of this year.
How could somebody put a roof over a blower box for a Thunderbolt? I guess the roofers did not feel like trimming the new roof to fit over the blower.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 6:45 am
by Nimhster
Wow, lots of sirens there, nice photographs! Sounds like you had a great time, and congratulations on acquiring an Allertor 125.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:28 am
by Melvin Potts
I was under the impression the city of atlanta sold all of their sirens to cobb
Cobb County and city of Smyrna bought the old Tbolts from DeKalb County.
Many of these have been replaced with Whelen sirens as they failed.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 4:49 pm
by sirenita
I live in cobb.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 7:51 pm
by carexpertandy
Oldiesmann wrote:I'm pretty sure the Sands Montessori TBolt is gone. As I recall, it was visible from I-75, and there is no siren visible from the freeway on that building. I'm actually surprised it was still in use, considering that building's been vacant for nearly 9 years now.
A building in Mount Washington seen from I-75? That's where Sands Montessori has been located for maybe the past 9 years, and that building they are using in Mount Washington has/had a Thunderbolt on it, and the third T-128 that was installed back in February was installed across the street from it.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:14 pm
by MUSTANGV8
The T Bolt in Nowood is working.The Allerter from Kenn rd is now a P-10 rehab by clayton and me now back in service Clermont cty.