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Mystery solved - and it’s not what we may have assumed - Round Hill, VA

Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:59 pm

I was looking at old aerial images of Loudoun County, VA, where I grew up. The Round Hill VFD’s siren is enclosed in a cupola, so none of us knew for sure what it was. However, most of us assumed it would be a Model 5/7, since that may seem to fit in there best. And Dave Fritz even talked with a longtime member who said he recalled it looking like a “July 4th rocket” before it was put inside the cupola. So that only made it more plausible that it was a Model 5. But while looking at these images, turns out it’s not a 5 at all, but an STH-10! I guess there are more surprising things it could have been…
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Re: Mystery solved - and it’s not what we may have assumed - Round Hill, VA

Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:18 pm

Excellent find! It's crazy how much history has been unveiled by Vintage Ariel. I'll get this up into the map.

EDIT : Round Hill also had an Allertor installed by Civilian Defense in the mid-70s right?
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Re: Mystery solved - and it’s not what we may have assumed - Round Hill, VA

Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:28 pm

You’re so right! It really is how much crazy. I also stumbled across a pic of the former Allertor at the Middleburg VFD (my hometown), which was removed in 2011.

And yes, you are correct that RH did have an Allertor as well. I think it’s long, long gone. Possibly even before my time.

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