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Old Des Moines, IA metro siren system?
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:05 am
by WestIowaAg
Basically all Des Moines uses now is T-128's and the suburbs use Whelen's and 2001's. Our last old system siren, a Whelen 3016 in Urbandale, IA was replaced by a 2001 in January 2019. My fam did transport a Thunderbolt 1003 from Johnston, IA to Crosslake, MN in the 1990's so that does give a few clues
Any info anybody has on the old systems would be greatly appreciated!!!
Re: Old Des Moines, IA metro siren system?
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:58 am
by Someone22
They had a single head Super Si-Rex and a jailbar Thunderbolt 1000 in the downtown area. Both of which were removed.
Re: Old Des Moines, IA metro siren system?
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 7:03 pm
by RedArrowFan1466
I know that i think they had 2t22s/3t22s and thunderbolts I think or was that Fort Dodge City Iowa
Re: Old Des Moines, IA metro siren system?
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:57 pm
by Crazywarriorman
Someone22 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:58 am
They had a single head Super Si-Rex and a jailbar Thunderbolt 1000 in the downtown area. Both of which were removed.
Where did you get this information from? It was my understanding that the main metro cities of Iowa (Council Bluffs, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines) all had Thunderbolts.
Re: Old Des Moines, IA metro siren system?
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 9:52 pm
by Someone22
Crazywarriorman wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:57 pm
Someone22 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:58 am
They had a single head Super Si-Rex and a jailbar Thunderbolt 1000 in the downtown area. Both of which were removed.
Where did you get this information from? It was my understanding that the main metro cities of Iowa (Council Bluffs, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines) all had Thunderbolts.
My friend found it through some old newspaper articles.
Re: Old Des Moines, IA metro siren system?
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 10:02 pm
by Brendan W
Crazywarriorman wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:57 pm
Someone22 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:58 am
They had a single head Super Si-Rex and a jailbar Thunderbolt 1000 in the downtown area. Both of which were removed.
Where did you get this information from? It was my understanding that the main metro cities of Iowa (Council Bluffs, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines) all had Thunderbolts.
Jared H. found it on a newspaper website, I believe either geneaology bank or newspapers.com. I'll let him know that you would like to see what he dredged up. In the meantime, here is a photo of the HOR. I do not recall what building it was on:
Re: Old Des Moines, IA metro siren system?
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 3:22 am
by WestIowaAg
After doing some hunting, I found one of the last old metro system sirens on top of the Clive Fire Station, looks to be a model 2 and I do not think it is active, might try to get a hold of it.
Re: Old Des Moines, IA metro siren system?
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:10 am
by dispatcherman
Awesome find!! was it 7-10 port? If he has more info I would love to see/read about htis system as well..
Re: Old Des Moines, IA metro siren system?
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 4:35 pm
by Jared H
WHOMST SUMMONED ME
So Des Monies tested the above HOR and a Thunderbolt in 1953. The thunderbolt vastly outperformed the Sirex and so that’s what they went with.
Re: Old Des Moines, IA metro siren system?
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 6:13 pm
by DJ2226
dispatcherman wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:10 am
Awesome find!! was it 7-10 port? If he has more info I would love to see/read about htis system as well..
It looks like it has a single rotor, so it had to be single tone. It would probably be a 9 or 10 port chopper since that's what their single tone sirens seemed to gravitate towards.