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Markleysburg, PA

Mon May 09, 2022 1:46 pm

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7414179 ... 312!8i6656

Alright, what in the HECK is this thing?! I posted it on the (now archived) Mystery sirens thread a long while ago. No one really said anything useful. Someone said it was a Super Si-rex, but we all know that's not true.
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Re: Markleysburg, PA

Mon May 09, 2022 7:47 pm

As much as I hate to be that guy, I don't believe anyone will find a concrete answer as to what this thing is unless someone checks out the downed one. However, with imagery being a decade old just about it could very well be long gone.
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Tue May 10, 2022 11:00 am

Well, I'm just bouncing some ideas here... but do you remember the siren in Stroudsburg, the dual headed which (I think) was confirmed to be a CLM of some sort. Maybe this siren could have been part of the same project?
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Re: Markleysburg, PA

Tue May 10, 2022 12:01 pm

HudsonRiverSirens wrote:
Tue May 10, 2022 11:00 am
Well, I'm just bouncing some ideas here... but do you remember the siren in Stroudsburg, the dual headed which (I think) was confirmed to be a CLM of some sort. Maybe this siren could have been part of the same project?
Not a chance... that thing looks more like a Secomak GP3. CLMs are way bigger.
Yeah, I think Stroudsburg's is a Type 5261.
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Re: Markleysburg, PA

Tue May 10, 2022 1:58 pm

championsiren wrote:
Tue May 10, 2022 12:01 pm
HudsonRiverSirens wrote:
Tue May 10, 2022 11:00 am
Well, I'm just bouncing some ideas here... but do you remember the siren in Stroudsburg, the dual headed which (I think) was confirmed to be a CLM of some sort. Maybe this siren could have been part of the same project?
Not a chance... that thing looks more like a Secomak GP3. CLMs are way bigger.
Yeah, I think Stroudsburg's is a Type 5261.
I didn't say they were the same size, it's obviously smaller.. what i was suggesting is that they were possibly made by the same company
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Re: Markleysburg, PA

Tue May 10, 2022 4:35 pm

Might it be a Little Giant, or some other variety of Sterling>

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Re: Markleysburg, PA

Tue May 10, 2022 7:39 pm

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Tue May 10, 2022 4:35 pm
Might it be a Little Giant, or some other variety of Sterling>
No. That's too small to even be a little giant. It also appears to be 5/6, and the Little Giant was 12 port.
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Re: Markleysburg, PA

Tue Jul 19, 2022 5:47 pm

Not a decade, only 4 years: check this picture

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7415303 ... 312!8i6656

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Re: Markleysburg, PA

Tue Jul 19, 2022 8:54 pm

barrychapman wrote:
Tue Jul 19, 2022 5:47 pm
Not a decade, only 4 years: check this picture

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7415303 ... 312!8i6656
He was talking about the one that was on the ground in Newell, not the one on the roof in Markleysburg. That one hasn't had a streetview since 2012, so it's likely gone.
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Re: Markleysburg, PA

Sun Aug 21, 2022 5:51 am

Brendan W wrote:
Mon May 09, 2022 7:47 pm
As much as I hate to be that guy, I don't believe anyone will find a concrete answer as to what this thing is unless someone checks out the downed one. However, with imagery being a decade old just about it could very well be long gone.
I was at this location a year or two ago and the siren is still remaining.

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