That's a big help!! Thanks for that!

Hello!! I spent some time this week focusing my efforts on the Illinois siren map in the East St. Louis area, specifically St. Clair County and up into Madison County. I did some searching on the board and there was some things of interest but there were no locations listed. So I was wondering if an...

I'll add some of mine: 2001-DC in Virden, IL https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4549/25141194188_f354292142_o_d.jpg OA-2 in Pawnee, IL https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4738/39011518871_00f36d041a_o_d.jpg Thunderbolt 1000 in Springfield, IL (I love this photo) https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4471/37607613241_9...

That Thunderbolt has been in the same place since at least 2003. Someone should try and fetch it off the roof.

It's usually the opposite. Most of the earlier Thunderbolts were more commonly 3 phase. There were lots of single phase ones sold thru the 70's-80's. Considering the OP's siren was installed on an industrial building, 480v 3 phase was likely the most readily available option at the time. I did not ...

That is a sad looking panel. I wonder how the 1956 Thunderbolt panels in Springfield would look. If only I could convince the city to give me the 3 old Thunderbolts.

Wow. A 480v 3 phase jailbar? That's new to me. I was under the impression that the early Thunderbolts would all be single phase. Do you happen to have photos somewhere of the siren?

Any chance you could mark it on a Google Map? I was having trouble finding it. Fun fact. I've heard this siren before at the Boy Scout camp about a mile or two north of Hettick. They always warned us that we would hear a siren everyday at noon and we did. :) The camp also had a Federal Model 2 or 3 ...

Ahhh. Yea I'd maybe contact the fire department that runs it (and maybe even ask them if they happen to know if it's dual or single tone.) I did find this in the April Meeting Minutes on the Loami website. But none the less I'll contact them. Trustee Mann asked why the Warning Siren is not tested o...

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Fri Jun 09, 2017 5:27 am

Sorry I was super confusing with that... B: the chopper*could have been swapped. Not saying the tag on this thunderbolt isn't accurate with its tone but just a heads up. Where you hoping it be a 1000 or 1000T?

My friend and I were both hoping for a 1000T. 1000s are kinda blah.