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Re: Vintage siren photos thread

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 4:46 am
by championsiren
Remingtoncountry wrote:
Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:22 pm
It was a slip in distant memory recollection. No need to be a douche bag and tell me to get my facts straight. For that, you can kindly go (I jut typed a very naughty word here that I could get banned for!!!) yourself. If this comment gets me banned, so be it. I've been a part of this community for going on 15 years through 4 versions of this board and social media take over, and watched it go from a professional, mature atmosphere to a middle school esqu playground. Never have I seen it become so contentious and toxic as it has in the last 12 months. I was, at first, excited to see another historical buff on the forums, but you're just another twit kid with an arrogant attitude looking for an argument online. Have a good one, Pal.
Well said!
TNT1001 wrote:
Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:51 pm
Fedelcode "Model 20" (?) & Federal Electric Type B in Massapequa, New York.

Appears to be circa 1950s.
That's new! Never knew they had any kind of Federal. Thought they always had the H.O.R.s. Pretty neat!

Re: Vintage siren photos thread

Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 4:51 pm
by ACAHowler10
Ive got this photo of the Fredrika Bremer Intermediate School thunderbolt in Minneapolis before the school was demolished & the thunderbolt was replaced

Re: Vintage siren photos thread

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 7:40 pm
by Xt22
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A picture of one of the old Columbus Ohio Thunderbolts on top of Columbus South High School. Siren was removed in the mid 2000s and replaced by a 4004. I beleve this unit was also one of 9 initial jailbar 1000s.

Re: Vintage siren photos thread

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:06 pm
by Vintagecollections
Remingtoncountry wrote:
Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:22 pm
Vintagecollections wrote:
Tue Feb 08, 2022 6:54 pm
Remingtoncountry wrote:
Tue Feb 01, 2022 2:30 am


Belleville MI, not a Denver siren. Possibly a CAM siren or Sterling siren. BelleVUE had Denver siren mounted on their water tower, however I have never been able to recover a photo.
Bump. Where did you get that Bellevue had a Denver?? You are thinking of Belleville. Bellevue has an Erick. Belleville had a Denver, but Bellevue never did. That sounds JUST like Belleville. Get your facts straight. Here is a quote from a OLD post here:

“The Denver siren in Belleville, Michigan, went to scrap when the water tower was taken down in 1991. This was a decision that was made by the city council, as the water tower was built in 1905 and was not structurally sound anymore. Nonetheless, it was supporting three large microwave dishes, antennas, and two large outdoor warning sirens until the very end.
Sadly, this list did not exist in 1991, or else I would have spread the word”




It was a slip in distant memory recollection. No need to be a douche bag and tell me to get my facts straight. For that, you can kindly go (I jut typed a very naughty word here that I could get banned for!!!) yourself. If this comment gets me banned, so be it. I've been a part of this community for going on 15 years through 4 versions of this board and social media take over, and watched it go from a professional, mature atmosphere to a middle school esqu playground. Never have I seen it become so contentious and toxic as it has in the last 12 months. I was, at first, excited to see another historical buff on the forums, but you're just another twit kid with an arrogant attitude looking for an argument online. Have a good one, Pal.

I hate how this community is coming to be just people fighting each other and making assumptions all the darn time. I could say some bad stuff, but I’m not going to. Also, since when am I a “Twit Kid”? Damn I hate assumptions like these, so I will go no farther. Also, I was not trying to sound nasty. I was just having a bad day. -Joseph

Re: Vintage siren photos thread

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 8:59 pm
by LukeH
Vintagecollections wrote:
Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:06 pm

I hate how this community is coming to be just people fighting each other and making assumptions all the darn time. I could say some bad stuff, but I’m not going to. Also, since when am I a “Twit Kid”? Damn I hate assumptions like these, so I will go no farther. Also, I was not trying to sound nasty. I was just having a bad day. -Joseph
I suppose we all have a bad day from time to time. Maybe I'm just getting old. I've been rather silent here over this account's life. This used to be an incredible place, vast knowledgeable, friendly and constructive discussion, we all learned from one another. None of us, besides a few of us, knew jack, so fledging research, as well as new information becoming available in online documents was all quickly shared and taken into consideration and typically discussed in-depth. Now, the "clique" as I call them, keep all of their research above everyone else's head, only sharing when there's incentive to do so, or someone to impress. The rest follow and blindly hail them as experts, as they're constantly shoving information out with zero hard evidence. It gets old, sours the community, and I've gotten rather impatient over the years.

It also seems these days everyone is just looking for someone to slip up so they can jump down their throat. I suppose that is the way I took your response. And combined with my above frustration with the community, took it out on you. For that I apologize. That isn't me, and certainly not how I'd prefer to conduct myself on these forums. I won't delete my comments or responses. I own my s***.

Re: Vintage siren photos thread

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2022 4:14 am
by flatlandsparky
Facebook page Northeast Colorados Historic Photo Book posted this image from Haxtun Colorado dated 1950. A Darley STH-10 can be seen perched on the water tower. The tower has since been moved down the road to neighboring Fleming, and the siren has been relocated to the front of the light plant (Colorado Ave amd Bryan St). It is still in service and does daily time blasts, as well as sounds for fire calls/tornado warnings. Haxtun is currently looking into grants to phase out their two existing sirens (the other being a 7v8-H which replaced a Sterling M-10 20 years ago or so) in favor of four battery operated units. Enough rambling, enjoy!

Re: Vintage siren photos thread

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:41 am
by FowlerRailProd
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Fresno, 1973. This picture was taken at a city yard west of town.
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Fresno, 1980. This siren is believed to be the one located at Westover Ave and Walker Way.
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Fresno, 1956. This SD-10 was located near the intersection of Dakota and First.
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Re: Vintage siren photos thread

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 3:31 pm
by supermaximax

Re: Vintage siren photos thread

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:32 pm
by ACAHowler10
Im wondering why wisconsin had the most 812s

Re: Vintage siren photos thread

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:11 pm
by LukeH
Figured this thread could use a revival

Denver Quadruplex Siren, Pullman Wa city hall Ca 1933
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Denver Duplex siren Fort Coombs Armory, Apalachicola Florida I would guess 1940s or 50s based on truck
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Denver Duplex Siren, Superior Portland Cement plant, Concrete, Washington
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Denver Duplex Siren Eberts Field Aviation Airstrip Arkansas
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Denver Duplex Siren Homestead, Florida City Hall
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Denver Center Driven Duplex Siren, Wheat Ridge Fire Department, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
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Denver Quadruplex Siren, Fire Department, Grand Ledge, Michigan
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Edgewater Colorado Fire Departmet (Survived 3 building reconstructions!)
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