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San Francisco during the Apollo 11 splashdown
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 9:04 pm
by Hacksaw
A news clip from 1969. It's the STL-10(?) going off to celebrate the Apollo 11 splashdown, in San Francisco CA:
https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbat ... nvDJjoQk9t
Re: San Francisco during the Apollo 11 splashdown
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 11:42 pm
by Palmspringslocator2
Always love seeing old California stuff being documented!
Re: San Francisco during the Apollo 11 splashdown
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 1:44 am
by ModifiedCyclone125
There's also this:
https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/238513
I think the Heath Engineering "Instant-Blast" horizontal siren can be heard going off at 0:09 in this!
Re: San Francisco during the Apollo 11 splashdown
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 3:42 am
by ArxCyberwolf
That is indeed the old Ferry Building Heath!
Re: San Francisco during the Apollo 11 splashdown
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 2:01 pm
by Greenrid
This is amazing! If I'm not mistaken (which I usually am), you're actually the first siren enthusiast to find this and actually recognize what it is!
Just like any other 12 port siren, it definitely sounds like a 2001-130. I also don't really think that it really lives up to its name, either...
It's also a shame that it's mostly drowned out by the STL-10s. I guess it's still a real recording of it!
Re: San Francisco during the Apollo 11 splashdown
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 4:10 am
by siren fan
That thing sounded sickly. Maybe it's the old sound quality.