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Why are 10/12 port Allertors so rare?

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 3:37 am
by Allenorgan42099
I only know of like 5 or 10 of them, but there has to be more. Do you know of any in cities other than these ones?:

Mason City, IA (disconnected in 2006)

Emmetsburg, IA

White Bear Lake, MN

Re: Why are 10/12 port Allertors so rare?

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:51 am
by freebrickproductions
There may be one in Florence, AL.

Re: Why are 10/12 port Allertors so rare?

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:48 am
by carexpertandy
I think Jonesboro, Arkansas may have had one, or at least the wide intake tells me.
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Re: Why are 10/12 port Allertors so rare?

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:35 pm
by Rheems1
Not an Allertor but a Mobil-Directo... the Yorkville Hose Company of Pottsville, Pa has a confirmed 10/12 port Mobil-Directo

Re: Why are 10/12 port Allertors so rare?

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 12:34 pm
by Mark N
There is a 10/12 port one in Emersburg, Iowa

Re: Why are 10/12 port Allertors so rare?

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 1:54 pm
by SirenMadness
I think Toronto has some Mobil Directos still standing, all of which I think are 10/12.

Re: Why are 10/12 port Allertors so rare?

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:05 pm
by Jim Z
were there any Allertors with that ratio? I was under the impression that the Mobil Directo (gotta love those 1950s product names) were 10/12 and changed to 9/12 once it was turned into the Allertor.

Re: Why are 10/12 port Allertors so rare?

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:13 pm
by carexpertandy
Jim Z wrote:were there any Allertors with that ratio?
Of course there were! You wouldn't call this a Mobil Directo, would you?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElPAoDmtALI

Re: Why are 10/12 port Allertors so rare?

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:53 pm
by Mark N
SirenMadness wrote:I think Toronto has some Mobil Directos still standing, all of which I think are 10/12.
I think the Police Department Mobil Directo has a broken chain drive or something because it was facing a different direction on google earth than when I saw a picture on google images. Maybe the wind pushes it?

Re: Why are 10/12 port Allertors so rare?

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:20 pm
by Siren_Dude
SirenMadness wrote:I think Toronto has some Mobil Directos still standing, all of which I think are 10/12.
All of Canada's Mobil Directos were 10/12 and in Toronto there are 3 left that I know of. St Catherine's ON has two, one still standing and one at their museum.