The Siren Board

So, I've been making a map of Indiana and decided to look at some old street view of one of Yorktown's old sirens while adding their original system. I had already seen the old street view, but I had learned a lot of things since I last viewed it. However, I remembered it looked smaller than it should be...
Once I took a closer look at it, it resembles one of the rare "Fedelcode Model 3" sirens. The other two Model 5's in the system were very clearly FS Model 5's, but this one stood out.
So, if anybody can confirm my suspicion i would appreciate it very much!

Street view: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.173615, ... 312!8i6656

To me it looks more like that smaller version of the Model 5, wasn’t it the 5A? Either way, those cones are too far apart to be a model 3. Model 3s have two cones that are almost together.

0zunth wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 28, 2023 7:17 pm

To me it looks more like that smaller version of the Model 5, wasn’t it the 5A? Either way, those cones are too far apart to be a model 3. Model 3s have two cones that are almost together.

That's not always a reliable way of telling them apart. The C2 1/2 size (which this appears to be) can be either 3 or 5HP. It could be a 3 or a 5 (most likely 5), but there's no way to tell without looking at the tag. "5A" just means it's a three phase Model 5, which this likely is due to the short housing.