A newspaper article online said that there is a total of 4 Civil Defense sirens in Portland and that they are all inactive.

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/101081561/

We better get hunting!

I guess your'e right about getting in the way. But you could always just ask why.

Why don't you call the city or Federal Signal? They should know the reason why. Perhaps maybe you could stop them from doing it.

It really is too bad that they want the thunderbolts to be destroyed.

Yes, there are many Whelen 3016s within 10 miles of Wiscasset, ME as there once was a nuclear power plant there called The Maine Yankee.

See my post about the sirens at the Yankee: https://thesirenboard.com/forums/viewto ... 2&p=183819

It's a 1000\1000T.

But that is only to clear traffic. There are three other air raid sirens in the area, i just don't know where.

I was considering asking the city if i could restore it for them

I believe you might be thinking about the Model 2 in St Francis, or the Whelen 3016 in Madawaska. I checked the Maine map, and Portland was the only place with a Thunderbolt. There are 3 more sirens in Portland according to an old news article, but they're not listed on the Maine map. Who knows, it ...

I found something interesting not too long go.... http://rediscoverportland.com/images/portland-exposition-building.jpg It is the only Thunderbolt in the entire State Of Maine! Im not sure if it is operational and it's very rusty, but here it is on Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.655821...

This is an edit of my first post. Previously listed information was incorrect Recently I have been researching the Emergency Planning documents that were of the former Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, and I have learned a lot about the siren system that was in place when the plant was operational. ...