ARCHIVED: Mystery Sirens (2008-3/2021)

[Batman]

I might be able to get a better shot of it, but as you can see, it's under a house-thingy, and it's hard to see from the side. I'm pretty sure it's not a loudspeaker; I think it's a horizontal siren (from what I can see, it looks kind of like a bench grinder with a big horn-looking thing on one side.) of some type.

Edit: After looking up Little Giants and Darley Champions, I think that this thing looks quite a bit like a Darley, albeit one with a horn-thing on only one side. It's definitely not a Little Giant though.

Edit #2: Perhaps it's one of these? http://www.airraidsirens.com/forums/vie ... d46dc0f06a

[Trevor]

That picture looks pretty darn close, if you ask me. If I were you, I'd go inside and ask the fire department about it. It sounds weird, but in Memphis there's a 2001 on top of the fire station, and I went in and asked if I could get roof access (kind of got ahead of myself). They said no, for security reasons...and I honestly don't blame them. However, they told me all about the siren, how long it's been there, etc. So it really never hurts to ask!

[TommyBNSF]

My friend who's also into sirens told me this was the siren for Kinsman, IL. I have no idea whether this is a siren or not since it's very small. Can anyone confirm whether it is or not?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23196777@N ... hotostream

[Thunder13]

looks like a federal signal model L

[Trevor]

Definitely a Model L. It almost looks like it may have some attachment on the end of the intake cone...

[TommyBNSF]

Interesting, never seen a Model L before.

[Urbanexplorer]

Okay, this isn't exactly a mystery siren, but it doesn't really go anywhere else.

In the movie "The Blues Brothers", was than an actual CLM on top of the Bluesmobile, or was it a mock-up? It sort of looks like they took a CLM, gutted it, and installed a very large loudspeaker in it. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

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[Trevor]

I think this was brought up a long time ago, and someone said that it was just a plastic cutout. The top "arm" above the cone (don't know what else to call it) completely gives it away.

[BadgerSiren]

I would think it's just a prop. CLMs must weigh a few hundred pounds, and I don't think the top of an old Chicago cop car could support that.

[TBOLT1000]

I`m very surprised that no where in any of the posts about the Blues Bros speaker siren I have ever seen mentioned the short scene in the movie where they show an actual in service (I believe) CLM at a park. It is on a standard metal pole with the work platform that they were mounted on. I noticed it in the movie just last week.