Re: What happened to Cleveland's old Thunderbolts and Model 5A's?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 4:50 pm
by carexpertandy
Cool! Is that the Model 5 along I-90 east of downtown Cleveland with the housing mostly gone?
Re: What happened to Cleveland's old Thunderbolts and Model 5A's?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:17 pm
by fire_freak_57
carexpertandy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2020 4:50 pm
Cool! Is that the Model 5 along I-90 east of downtown Cleveland with the housing mostly gone?
Nope, this one was in the nearby suburb of Rocky River. The building no longer exists.
The other 5 missing the housing is still there to my understanding; that’s in Bratenahl.
Re: What happened to Cleveland's old Thunderbolts and Model 5A's?
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2020 12:08 am
by fire_freak_57
More information will be added to this topic in the future, likely of a new thread or addendum to this topic. Too much information to continue to keep updating the first post with.
A friend of mine has obtained access to the old archives of The Plain Dealer via a Cuyahoga County Public Library membership.
I cannot say when that will actually happen, but I'm hoping to get several more photos from Historical Societies and local school districts of old buildings.
We do have many locations that have been confirmed. The City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County operated a separate CD system but it was activated by the same point in downtown Cleveland.
All the sirens were Thunderbolt type 1000's purchased between 1952-1953 and installed between November 1952-1954; and Model 7 type 7 HP single tone omni-directional units. By the height of the system, the total number of units in Cleveland & Cuyahoga County was 137.