Vintage siren photos thread

[Jared H]

Sorry for the bump, but I managed to find another shot of the Alico building with the 'bolt visible..

[Brendan W]

That's awesome man!

[bigtuna7O]

I managed to find another shot of the Alico building with the 'bolt visible..

Good job dude!

[SuperBanshee]

A 3 horsepower New Red Arrow being unpacked on December 25th, 1941 in the city of Seattle, Washington.

This siren was built by the Decot Engineering Works of St. Paul, MN. Seattle had 9 of these 3 horsepower sirens and a large 10 horsepower Red Arrow which were bought alongside a slew of Federal Model 2s and smaller sirens. There was a delay with the Red Arrows due to a shortage of suitable motors, which also resulted in the 10 horsepower siren (they wanted a 5 horsepower).
Further sirens built by Decot Engineering Works were ordered in 1943. When the air raid warden program was curtailed in 1944, all the Decot Engineering Works sirens were put in storage until 1951 when they were reinstalled. This did not last long as they were superseded by Thunderbolts and Chryslers in 1952 although some of the Decots were sent out to smaller outlying towns.

[Alburnett2T22]

A 3 horsepower New Red Arrow being unpacked on December 25th, 1941 in the city of Seattle, Washington.

This siren was built by the Decot Engineering Works of St. Paul, MN. Seattle had 9 of these 3 horsepower sirens and a large 10 horsepower Red Arrow which were bought alongside a slew of Federal Model 2s and smaller sirens. There was a delay with the Red Arrows due to a shortage of suitable motors, which also resulted in the 10 horsepower siren (they wanted a 5 horsepower).
Further sirens built by Decot Engineering Works were ordered in 1943. When the air raid warden program was curtailed in 1944, all the Decot Engineering Works sirens were put in storage until 1951 when they were reinstalled. This did not last long as they were superseded by Thunderbolts and Chryslers in 1952 although some of the Decots were sent out to smaller outlying towns.

Chrysler barely was in the siren market anymore in 1952.

[carexpertandy]

I just shared this in the Cincinnati thread. This old photo is in a commercial for a local roofing company, and you can see the infamous Mt. Airy Thunderbolt 1000 peeking out. Photo could be from as early as 1954.

Ray st clair by carexpertandy, on Flickr

[Brendan W]

Good find andy!

[freebrickproductions]

I have to ask, why was the siren infamous?

[Brendan W]

I have to ask, why was the siren infamous?

Because it killed my brother and forced me to pay for something that wasn't even mine.

Here is a photo from Atlanta, taken in 1962. The picture shows 4 Model Ds (Lower left) in Five Points (A block away from where a Mobil Directo was interestingly enough). That D setup is still extant, however one is all together missing and the remaining ones were stripped of their intakes. They are at Marietta St. NW/Decatur St. SE/Peachtree St. NW across from the Walgreens in Five Points.

[carexpertandy]

I have to ask, why was the siren infamous?

Because it killed my brother and forced me to pay for something that wasn't even mine.

It's pretty much infamous because it's on a water tower that looks like a castle, and it was pretty high pitched.