Last minute planning led to this. Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8qct9v-NI

Australian Sirens: Skil Sher: 15150 Vehicle Siren Wailing Joe Alarm Master Grifco 333 Fire Siren 444 Vehicle Siren 555 Vehicle Siren 663 Siren 666 Siren 773 Siren 777 Siren 888N Siren 888 Fire Siren 888 MKII Siren 993 Siren (Single head 999) 999 Air Raid Siren Sirenco: 3LF 2D 8D 15D 3S (with variant...

I_Like_Mobil_Directo wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 09, 2025 8:43 pm

Elektror S57 in Sydney, NSW. Removed. Installed in August 1940

This one I believe was installed above Circular Quay Station. Supposedly was purchased by Grafton Fire Station and is still in use to this day.

Very interesting. Do you happen to know the relationship between BGE and General Electric here in the states? Since Federal Electric was started as a branch of GE (IIRC), I wonder if they pulled from Federal’s playbook; the design of the 5-mile siren is extremely similar to the early dual-rotor Fed...

Forgot to write this a few days ago (ADHD moment) but here we are. Last Friday Me, HX56 and Lightningfun64 took the time to look through the reserves we made of the British General Electric general catalogues from both 1942 & 1958 in the State Library of NSW. We definitely scored big on this one...

Sorry for the late reply, no I was never able to find it. I suspect that it was more likely located some where on the Aamjiwnaang First Nations, but that’s speculation. There wouldn’t have been any east of Murphy Rd because before 1991 that part of Sarnia was a township, later called Clearwater. Bu...

Here's some more vintage siren photos from New South Wales, Australia. Annotated photos and list provided: 1. Grifco 888 at the RFS in Currarong, captured in 1983. Replaced by a GEC 2hp since which was removed within the last 5-6 years. (Via RFS website) 2. Grifco 777 at Wyee, captured in 1969. This...

Could you provide the photo you were looking at if possible?

max troeth wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 13, 2024 4:26 am

Have already done mate

Righto, hope you got an answer.

Hi Ron if you don't mind me asking how did you get these these sirens they are quiet hard to obtain in Australia {Ive tried getting them multiple times}also if you don't mind me asking were are you located ? Thanks mate I think that’s derailing the topic… You might as well contact him privately.