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Re: Post your Mystery Sirens here.
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 5:31 am
by Daniel
I don't recall the name, but they are not by HOR, Decot, or Westinghouse (which never built sirens to my knowledge). They used Westinghouse motors, but they were made locally in Oregon for the siren system in Oregon City. When Civil Defense was disbanded in 1963, they were sold around the state to local fire departments. This siren does not appear to be one of those. It looks like a single-headed Model B turned vertically.
Re: Post your Mystery Sirens here.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 2:58 pm
by Apillow
So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
Re: Post your Mystery Sirens here.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:01 pm
by connerdstines
Apillow wrote:So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
Old Fedelcode 5.
Re: Post your Mystery Sirens here.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:06 pm
by Apillow
connerdstines wrote:Apillow wrote:So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
Old Fedelcode 5.
I may have already asked this before, but what's the difference between Federal Signal and Fedelcode? Are they the same? What makes them different?
Re: Post your Mystery Sirens here.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:30 pm
by Snowcube
Apillow wrote:So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
Model 5. Still active, was unlucky enough to be near it when it went off.
Re: Post your Mystery Sirens here.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 7:42 pm
by Chicagosiren-hunters
Apillow wrote:connerdstines wrote:Apillow wrote:So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
Old Fedelcode 5.
I may have already asked this before, but what's the difference between Federal Signal and Fedelcode? Are they the same? What makes them different?
A Fedelcode Model 5 (seen above) has skirts that do not go out as far as the newer 5's and are angled mainly downward. Also, they were strictly limited to 8 and 12 ports. The newer ones (shown below, credit to J. Marcoz) has wide skirts that really project the sound outward, and we're offered in 8, 12, and 9/12 configurations.
Re: Post your Mystery Sirens here.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 2:56 am
by Apillow
Zarlog wrote:Apillow wrote:So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
Model 5. Still active, was unlucky enough to be near it when it went off.
Really? It's still active? Did it go off when Minneapolis normally tests it's sirens? (First Wednseday of the month at 1:00 PM.) When did you last hear it? I'll have to check this one out soon!
Re: Post your Mystery Sirens here.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 3:19 am
by Snowcube
Apillow wrote:Zarlog wrote:Apillow wrote:So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
Model 5. Still active, was unlucky enough to be near it when it went off.
Really? It's still active? Did it go off when Minneapolis normally tests it's sirens? (First Wednseday of the month at 1:00 PM.) When did you last hear it? I'll have to check this one out soon!
Earlier this year (around April), it was on a weekend and it went off for about 2-3 seconds for some reason. It probably goes off with the city sirens though. I think it was single tone 12 port but I don't remember that well.
Re: Post your Mystery Sirens here.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:14 pm
by Apillow
Zarlog wrote:Apillow wrote:Zarlog wrote:
Model 5. Still active, was unlucky enough to be near it when it went off.
Really? It's still active? Did it go off when Minneapolis normally tests it's sirens? (First Wednseday of the month at 1:00 PM.) When did you last hear it? I'll have to check this one out soon!
Earlier this year (around April), it was on a weekend and it went off for about 2-3 seconds for some reason. It probably goes off with the city sirens though. I think it was single tone 12 port but I don't remember that well.
Thanks! It might not be a city test then. That area is a national guard base, right? Maybe it is a noon whistle now. It's kinda far away from where anyone lives, although I'm not quite sure about the model 5's range and the distance between it and the populated area. Thanks for the info!
Re: Post your Mystery Sirens here.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 12:25 pm
by AST128_RyanK
What model XX04 would this be?
