Vintage siren photos thread

[TboltTX1]

Here is an interesting photo I happened across while searching for information about the old Thunderbolt system in Houston, TX.


(Not my Photo)

This is a picture of Fire Station #3 taken back in 1974 and shows (most of) one of the old platform mounted Thunderbolts before it was removed during a renovation of the fire station in 2003-04.

[Mark N]

Here's a 1967 photo at East McKeesport FD in Allegheny County, PA:

From the Siren Archive.

[Brendan W]

Here's one I found. This is fire station 38 in Dallas, Texas as seen on July 16, 1969. I have no idea if the siren still exists.


Here is one more of Station 48, in Dallas again. Interestingly, this siren has aircraft lights on it. Dated Christmas Eve, 1969

[freebrickproductions]

Here's a few from Madison County, AL:
Altec Giant Voice Systems Siren by freebrickproductions, on Flickr









http://digitalarchives.hmcpl.org/cdm/si ... 230/rec/32

[Daniel]

There was a photo from the 1930's of a trade show in California where a number of unusually-shaped Hedberg models are displayed on a table. Anyone remember this?

[dilloncarpenter]

Raymond (woodyrr) has this photo of the Midwest City fire station comparing a 1940's image to a 2009 image. I think that's a Darley.

[DJ2226]

Albeit this doesn't really fit the word "vintage" this is the only picture left of any of the Thunderbolts we had in Columbus. I grew up with both of these sirens in particular. They scrapped most of the old system, which included Thunderbolts, SD-10s, and 2001-SRNs.

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Here's a first generation Pintsch Bamag:

[PeachtreeSirens]

Tappahannock, VA's first fire station, sometime in the early-mid 1950's:



And for comparison, 60 years later, in late April 2014:

[DJ2226]

Here's is one of our old 2001-SRNs.

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[Model2]

Calgary, AB downtown fire dept circa early 1960s