Re: Old siren restored in Pleasanton, CA
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:05 am
by Crazywarriorman
Does anyone have any news, or a photo of the massive one Heath made for the Ferry Building awhile back? I remember it was nearly lost forever but somebody saved it.
Re: Old siren restored in Pleasanton, CA
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 1:32 pm
by MattDean1003
Was the Ferry Building siren the one that was destroyed? I recall it being a Heath siren. I think there was another siren that I remember reading about sounding on a bell tower many many years ago, that was a massive siren, possibly electronic(?) but could it have also been a Heath? That was possibly in Texas.
Sorry to mini-hijack, that wasn't my intentions.
Re: Old siren restored in Pleasanton, CA
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:55 pm
by Sirenguy02
The Siren Maniac wrote:
In the 2nd video at the near bottom of the page, the camera craps out.
The camera didn't crap out, he just cut the sound off into sections.
Re: Old siren restored in Pleasanton, CA
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:37 pm
by Daniel
The Heath siren from the Ferry Building was restored and placed in the San Francisco Maritime Museum. It was not like the Pleasanton siren, but a huge thing that resembled an 8-foot long Sterling Model M. It could supposedly attain full volume instantly, and could be heard five miles across the bay in Oakland.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Blas ... 851707.php
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ferr ... 876224.php
There was a second one like this built that Heath sent to London to warn of Zeppelin attacks in WWI. I wonder if that siren is still in existence.