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Siren pictures from my latest trip

Mon Aug 18, 2014 7:41 am

I recently got back from about a week long trip to the interior of British Columbia, and I got pictures of a siren in Vancouver, a siren in Greenwood, and a siren in Nelson. As usual, sorry for the low picture quality, my camera is pretty well busted. There only appears to be one siren left in Nelson, though apparently there used to be three, all CLM Omnis.
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Nelson, BC, CLM Omni, end of Kokanee st.
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Greenwood, BC, Fedelcode Model 2, corner of S.Government st. and Deadwood st.
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Vancouver, BC, B&N Mobil Directo, Victoria park
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Vancouver, BC, B&N Mobil Directo, Victoria park
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Re: Siren pictures from my latest trip

Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:00 am

That CLM Omni service platform reminds me of most of the sirens in San Jose having those:

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.221416, ... !2e0?hl=en

But, those MD platform look to make servicing easier than using a bucket truck.
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Re: Siren pictures from my latest trip

Mon Aug 18, 2014 7:52 pm

That sign... That was... Wow. Just beautiful really.
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Thu Aug 21, 2014 3:03 pm

coastalsyrolover wrote:That sign... That was... Wow. Just beautiful really.
"Hunger games" font??
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Re: Siren pictures from my latest trip

Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:50 pm

lilrags16 wrote:
coastalsyrolover wrote:That sign... That was... Wow. Just beautiful really.
"Hunger games" font??
It's actually a common font for metal signs like these. You'd be surprised.
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Re: Siren pictures from my latest trip

Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:37 am

Mark N wrote:
lilrags16 wrote:
coastalsyrolover wrote:That sign... That was... Wow. Just beautiful really.
"Hunger games" font??
It's actually a common font for metal signs like these. You'd be surprised.
Lol in any font that is an amazing sign! Here in the US we just tear em down because "They pose bad memories for older folk and were too loud and blah blah." Or if they don't they just let them sit and rot on a pole :roll:
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Re: Siren pictures from my latest trip

Fri Aug 22, 2014 4:34 am

Lol in any font that is an amazing sign! Here in the US we just tear em down because "They pose bad memories for older folk and were too loud and blah blah." Or if they don't they just let them sit and rot on a pole :roll:
Actually it is pretty much the same up here. This article about North Vancouver's Mobil Directo sums it up pretty well. http://scoutmagazine.ca/2012/02/23/you- ... aid-siren/
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Re: Siren pictures from my latest trip

Fri Aug 22, 2014 4:45 am

I didn't put this picture in my original post because of the low image quality, but I figured some people might be interested in seeing it. These plaques are on the poles of most air raid sirens in BC that have wooden poles [this one is on the omni CLM in Nelson]. I don't ever recall seeing one on a siren with a metal pole.
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Sun Aug 24, 2014 3:24 pm

Thanks for all the pictures, they look awesome! That plaque is really interesting, haven't seen one like that in Ontario.
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