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Abandoned Siren In Saco

Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:37 am

A while ago the Saco Central Fire Station in Saco, Maine was put up for sale. The thing is, on top of the building was a Whelen 3016, which was installed in 2005 and was sold from the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, who had removed their sirens after their decommissioning.

Here you can see where it was placed on google maps, you just need to go back to 2009 to see it installed:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4985716 ... 312!8i6656

Unfortunately, the siren is now gone as the fire station was recently sold and was turned into apartments. What i am curious about is, where did it go? Was it sold online, or did the Maine Yankee take it back to their siren junkyard (which I'm curious on where it is, I've been looking for it for a while).

Hope it didn't get scrapped :?
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Re: Abandoned Siren In Saco

Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:37 am

Nobody? Not even a guess?

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Re: Abandoned Siren In Saco

Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:45 am

this has been talked about
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Re: Abandoned Siren In Saco

Sat Feb 10, 2018 3:43 pm

Did you see that thing that resembled a horn on there? what was that its gone as of 2017.
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Re: Abandoned Siren In Saco

Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:03 pm

Yes, it was a Whelen 3016 speaker. What i am curious about is where it went as the building it was on was a Fire Station that recently was converted into apartments.
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Re: Abandoned Siren In Saco

Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:37 am

Andrew papesh wrote:
Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:45 am
this has been talked about
Ok never mind guess we are still talking about it.
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Re: Abandoned Siren In Saco

Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:38 am

Just a dude who has a hobby of sirens.

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Re: Abandoned Siren In Saco

Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:43 am

What I'm wondering is where the siren could've gone, did it get sold online, or did the Maine Yankee take it back as it was originally theirs?

Maybe the construction company who converted the fire station into apartments had taken it.
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Re: Abandoned Siren In Saco

Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:12 am

MaineCivilDefense wrote:
Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:43 am
What I'm wondering is where the siren could've gone, did it get sold online, or did the Maine Yankee take it back as it was originally theirs?

Maybe the construction company who converted the fire station into apartments had taken it.
Check Govdeals and see if it's being auctioned on there. You never know.
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Re: Abandoned Siren In Saco

Sun Feb 11, 2018 3:55 pm

Iv'e checked GovLiquidation, and all i have found are some light bars.

What i think happened is that the Construction Company who converted the Fire Station into Apartments had taken it. I have bought things in the past from old Gas Stations and Stores that were removed by Construction Contractors, and they oftenly don't know how much their stuff is worth ;)

It might've been taken back by the Yankee, but i doubt it. They were the ones who sold it to the Fire Department.
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