That particular video is long gone, so here are some other goodies instead. A clipping from the Safety & Health Council magazine, dated 1989. By the late 1980s, ACA kept their advertisements fairly basic with listings like these. http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af147/JustInn014/PerfPlusBlurb...

The news footage showed a Performance Plus Penetrator spinning around in the wind. Either the rotation chain broke or its gearbox stripped - they never really specified what went wrong. For all the Performance Plus' problems, Dane County did try to keep them running as long as possible. The one in V...

I've seen that particular Thunderbolt a couple times. It was one of the earlier 1000s, dated 1953. It should have a metal grille in the horn - they always reminded me of square waffles. You can see the Thunderbolt from ground level unlike the Super Sirex which is totally hidden. The Thunderbolt is f...

Dane County's old policy was to only replace sirens when they were broken beyond repair or weren't loud enough to be heard effectively. Everything else was usually repaired and maintained. That's how they attained such a variety of old sirens. There was never any historical reason to keep the old si...

I recorded that siren back in 2010. It was one of the more difficult sirens to access since it was located off the road in a part of town usually closed off for industrial work. Here are more facts about this siren. Iron Ridge's Soundmaster 115 was installed between 1967 and 1974. It was a two signa...