Thanks for the e-mail.

Gents' wrote:While on the topic of British sirens:

Any filthy rich Americans on this board, who have bag loads of cash lying around, who want to buy a tri-tone Gents' ?

Offers welcome

What about a filthy rich Britisher?

First one is a Brooks Motors siren, notable for having fully unitized construction, with the stators and motor going together as one unit. This is unfortunate because it makes them exceedingly difficult to repair if one of the stators cracks. Did you get what the label on it says? That's the one. N...

Apologies for the quality of the photos but they were taken on my phone or are stills off my digital video camera. First off is in a local aviation museum based on the site of a WWII airfield.. http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261/MOG58/Image000.jpg http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261/MOG58/I...

AllSafe wrote:Klaxon GP6, isn't it?

I would think so. Unfortunately I had my didn't have my good digital camera with decent zoom with me so couldn't get a good closeup. I may be over there later in the year so will make a point of getting a better look.

I've seen other British installations like this, where the siren is mounted to a wall instead of the roof. Are there no residences on the other side of this building? Obviously this siren cannot do much good in that direction. It's in the middle of a showground which is used for agricultural and ve...

Just leaving the East of England showground after an event this week I just happened to spot this siren on the wall of one of the admin buildings: Close-ups http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261/MOG58/35a.jpg http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p261/MOG58/34a.jpg For scale: http://i130.photobucket....

Justin wrote:There is currently a flooding crisis in the UK (and down in Victoria too), and the Carters that were used in WWII are now used as flood sirens.

I believe the majority are more likely to be Castle Castings.

They will have 3 - phase laid on like most industrial places do.

Oooh nice - excellent restoration job.

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