User avatar
Josh
Supporter
Supporter
Posts: 184
Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:33 pm
Real Name: Josh Tiffany
YouTube Username: MetroSignal
Discord: Josh555#0001
Location: Monticello, MN

Re: Sebeka, MN Mystery siren.

Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:29 pm

Siren_Dude wrote:
josh555 wrote:Sorry to bump this very old post but I have info on this siren. My mom grew up in Sebeka, MN during 60s and 70s. She said the siren was used for fire calls (attack/wail) and a short blast at noon, 6pm and 10pm and tornado/severe weather (alert) and of course civil defense.

When I showed my mom a street view image of it, she kind of sort of recognized it but she said when she was growing up, it was on the water tower. That water tower has since been replaced, by a newer water tower so we guessed that it must have been moved from the old water tower to its current location. Me and my mom plan to contact the city about this siren.
Could you give the streetview link? I'd really like to see it, thanks!!
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.630581, ... NSshpw!2e0
- Josh
proud owner of a Federal Signal corporation Model A

User avatar
freebrickproductions
Registered User
Registered User
Posts: 1360
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:23 pm
Real Name: David
YouTube Username: freebrickproductions
Location: Huntsville, AL
Contact: Website Skype Twitter YouTube

Re: Sebeka, MN Mystery siren.

Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:43 pm

Dang, that's a low siren.
Collector of railroad crossing equipment, traffic lights, and fans.
I'm 20 years old and a Huntsville, AL native.

Friends don't let friends post videos with tones.

User avatar
PeachtreeSirens
Registered User
Registered User
Posts: 880
Joined: Sat Jun 01, 2013 5:50 pm
Real Name: Emma
YouTube Username: PeachtreeSirens
Location: Abbotsford, BC
Contact: Facebook Twitter YouTube

Re: Sebeka, MN Mystery siren.

Sun Feb 22, 2015 8:15 pm

Wow. Wouldn't want to be in that gas station with it sounding.

It does look dual-tone to me, but I'm not a very good judge of ports/ratios, so I'll leave that to someone who is. And judging by the apparent lack of any other sirens in town, it could very well be active...perhaps somebody will end up taking a shot at filming it.
Don't wait. Take a siren photo today.
I was VASirens, but I moved.Check out IRC!
Proud owner of a frozen Model A, a Darley Champion "L", an Ademco 12V beehive, a few horns, a brass whistle and several old weather radios that sound like sirens. Those last three count, right?

User avatar
WhelenBoy
Registered User
Registered User
Posts: 62
Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:00 am
Real Name: Joshua Hamilton
YouTube Username: Joshua Hamilton
Location: Mesa, Arizona

Re: Sebeka, MN Mystery siren.

Tue Feb 24, 2015 2:35 am

I don't think this is a 95. It looks like it's just a regular old Model 5 that someone decided to customize a little. The chopper looks too big, and there's too many ports. There's even a video of a 95 in Wisconsin. You can see the differences in that video.
Proud owner of a Gridfaced Thunderbolt 2000, Thunderbolt 1000 and 1000T, two SD-10's, and a Federal Electric Model D.

-Joshua H.

User avatar
Josh
Supporter
Supporter
Posts: 184
Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:33 pm
Real Name: Josh Tiffany
YouTube Username: MetroSignal
Discord: Josh555#0001
Location: Monticello, MN

Re: Sebeka, MN Mystery siren.

Tue May 23, 2017 3:18 am

Bump. I forgot i had these photos that were taken last year. I have no idea what this siren is.
ImageSEBEKA_SIREN_2 by Josh Tiffany, on Flickr

ImageSEBEKA_SIREN_4 by Josh Tiffany, on Flickr
- Josh
proud owner of a Federal Signal corporation Model A

User avatar
DJ2226
Registered User
Registered User
Posts: 1415
Joined: Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:50 am
Real Name: Dennis Seldon
YouTube Username: DJ2226
Location: Columbus, Georgia

Re: Sebeka, MN Mystery siren.

Tue May 23, 2017 3:55 am

That appears to be a Decot siren.
Proud owner of a Model 1.
DJ2226's YouTube Page

User avatar
Chem_Boffin_6589
Registered User
Registered User
Posts: 931
Joined: Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:52 pm
Real Name: Alfie Woolard
YouTube Username: Alfie Woolard
Discord: Alfie
Location: South East England, UK

Re: Sebeka, MN Mystery siren.

Tue May 23, 2017 5:02 pm

If you look closely, you can see a top row of 16 ports and a bottom of 10 ports. So it's dual toned and stupidly low mounted.

Also, if it was ACA, where is the ACA control box and if it were ACA, it wouldn't be made of sheet steel either. It would be fibreglass.
Alfie Woolard
Federal Signal MC know-it-all.
Installed, initiated and maintains school campus warning system.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtGVVz ... 8BQ47VmdHg

Stevan Z
Registered User
Registered User
Posts: 414
Joined: Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:05 pm
Real Name: Stevan
YouTube Username: ChicagoSirens
Location: O'Hare Area Illinois

Re: Sebeka, MN Mystery siren.

Wed May 24, 2017 1:47 am

It is a Decot Engineering Two-Tone siren.

SuperBanshee
Registered User
Registered User
Posts: 309
Joined: Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:12 am

Re: Sebeka, MN Mystery siren.

Thu May 25, 2017 3:50 am

This is a 2 horsepower Decot Engineering Works siren. It is smaller than the 3 horsepower (Monessan, PA) and 5 horsepower (Seattle, WA). The one brochure I've seen from this company goes back and forth calling it a 'Two Tone Siren' and simply a 'Decot Siren'. It is most likely 10-15 ports which was the standard sound for most of their sirens. Would have been built at their small factory in St. Paul, Minn. anywhere between 1943 to about 1950.

The shroud looks original and uses the top panel from what was also used for the 5 horsepower model's shroud top. Some of these sirens had a more proportionate top (Wessington Springs, SD had one like this in years past). Their shrouds were never fine art.

Decot Engineering Works was a small company orchestrated by John McGrath and Robert Fullerton. They meant well but just really didn't know how to successfully mass-produce and mass-market these sirens which was one of the reasons that led to their premature downfall. Sirens from Decot Engineering Works are very uncommon... here's the former factory site area: https://goo.gl/maps/pJPfmsakpSm

User avatar
Snowcube
Registered User
Registered User
Posts: 553
Joined: Wed Aug 17, 2016 3:46 pm
Real Name: Sam
YouTube Username: Snowcube
Discord: lumex
Location: Between 90° and 100°W

Re: Sebeka, MN Mystery siren.

Thu May 25, 2017 7:50 pm

Interesting... didn't know that. Is it true that these are really as loud as a T-128 facing you? I see that all the time in youtube comments but that seems kind of unlikely. I wonder if this is still active. It isn't anywhere near me so I can't record it anytime soon.
I have an unhealthy obsession with mini sirens.
Thingiverse page

Return to “Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Ahrefs [Bot] and 30 guests