Oh cool. There was a number of them used by fire stations in New Zealand too, as well as the North and the Republic of Ireland. Some of the fire stations in the North have WW2 Gents sirens that are still in situ. I'm wondering then if Alaska's Hz system is 50 Hz like in Chile and other parts of Sout...

Suppose so.
Still it's amazing what parts of the world UK sirens end up!

I just realised as well this is similar to that CLM siren in Dashwood, Canada that also sounds like it's running on 50Hz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZF_MURWRrQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxaR_lPV5ko So I came across this video of someone from Alaska who I think bought a Castle Castings siren from the UK and ran it on a 3-phase converter if I'm not mistaken. Crazy thing is though that it sounds like it runs on 50hz, though the Mains Frequency is 60hz i...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n398Wnq0EI Came across this rarity. A carter gents siren with a rapid wind-down (go to 2:12). There used to be a series of videos on youtube of another carter with a rapid wind-down, though the author refused to give the name of the town. Does anyone know how it's bee...

Man, if only the factory didn't bother with the GP6s and went for the GP12s!

Word has gotten out about a great fire in Greenwich, London.
There are videos of the fire with sirens in the background, and they're not the carter type.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbUvxLJvshc

Can anyone shed some light on this?

You put a nice query in my head, Dan!
What all other WWII sirens are there in situ in the UK and the likes?
I know there's a proper Gents siren I think at the Fire Station in Keady, and another one in Lurgan.
Anywhere else?

Finally took some pictures and a short video of the carter gents style siren in Dundalk. It was first used by the Great Northern Railway and was based at their works ever since, even when the GNR was dissolved in 1958 it still saw use as many companies took up residence in the many buildings of the ...

Any plans made by anyone anywhere about preserving the last of the flood sirens around the UK when they're replaced by the unreliable text and email warnings?

I'm thinking that since there are a lot of sirens especially situated in Norfolk and Yorkshire that most of them will be able to be preserved.