The Siren Board

freebrickproductions wrote:

Brendan W wrote: Here is one salvaged from my atlanta siren system thread. This is a postcard from the early '60s, you can see a Mobil-Directo on the far left. It is a gas powered one, which atlanta had several of until the 70s.

That image doesn't work for some reason.

Odd. It works for me.

Here are some of the vintage ones I've collected over the years.

Super sirex by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr


img0058A by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr
img0057A by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr
img0035B by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr
HOR by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr
corbis3 by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr
civdef37 by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr
chicagoSiren by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr
chicago-5 by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr
Modified Model 2 by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr
Federal Model A by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr
Australian super siren by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr
Carter pic by Crazywarriorman, on Flickr

Brendan W wrote:
And lastly, here is one from Memphis, Tennessee from about 1952 or 1953

Thats a cool photo! I did not think the Mobil Directos were as old as that. I thought they were originally from the early 1960s. That projector design on the Mobil Directos which was later used though changed with different materials & bottom intake enlarged on the Allertors had a good run, nearly 30 years from the early 1950s to 1979.

What the heck is that big satellite dish looking siren?

siren fan wrote:What the heck is that big satellite dish looking siren?

That's just a model 2 inside a weird dish.

I wonder if there are any surviving specimens of that Australian rotating siren. That photo was taken in Jakarta, Indonesia, so perhaps other sirens exported from Australia are still in existence.

Brendan W wrote:

"Sound comes out here!"

"Oh. I was wondering."

Fyr Fyter

Well it isn't really a vintage photo, but its a vintage video of the Hawaii tsunamis in 1986 and 1994. In the video you can hear alot of thunderbolts.

Heres the link to the video:
http://vimeo.com/25043699

Credit goes to Reception73 (Randall) for finding this video.
BTW, just skip to 4:18 in the video if you want to see the film clips from 1986 to 1994.

SoundMaster 391 wrote:Well it isn't really a vintage photo, but its a vintage video of the Hawaii tsunamis in 1986 and 1994. In the video you can hear alot of thunderbolts.

Heres the link to the video:
http://vimeo.com/25043699

Credit goes to Reception73 (Randall) for finding this video.
BTW, just skip to 4:18 in the video if you want to see the film clips from 1986 to 1994.

Very nice find, it's pretty funny when that lady is trying to talk over the thunderbolts.