Low mounted Sirens in US

[freebrickproductions]

This Whelen in Spruce Pine, AL looks rather low.

[Trevor]

Someone just posted this photo on a group for historic Memphis photos. This is one of Memphis' many Mobil Directos, most of which were removed (only one currently remains). This photo was taken in 1965 and the station was closed in 1974. The building is still there and has been repurposed, but of course the siren has been removed.

[LukeH]

That almost looks like a gas MD...

[Trevor]

Yep, it is. All of them were at one time.

[uncommonsense]

It almost seems logical for all of them to be mounted so low if not on a building as I would imagine some poor schmuck would have to go up there and fill it up with gas and perform engine maintenance.

[Trevor]

To my knowledge...all of them were on buildings. This is the only one I know of that wasn't technically on a building (but it was close enough).

[holler]

Than all ran off NG also, so no gas tank.

[Brendan W]

Someone just posted this photo on a group for historic Memphis photos. This is one of Memphis' many Mobil Directos, most of which were removed (only one currently remains). This photo was taken in 1965 and the station was closed in 1974. The building is still there and has been repurposed, but of course the siren has been removed.

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It looks like the tower base remains:

http://goo.gl/maps/Nk05B

What do you guys think about this 2001 in downtown Anderson, South Carolina?
http://goo.gl/maps/a2S6F

[Trevor]

Nope, it's gone. It would have been right near the natural gas meter. If you're talking about the gridded cage over the A/C units, that's to keep out copper thieves (welcome to Memphis)

[Rheems1]

Hopefully this will work, linking off of another board I am a member of... here is a Model 5 at the Bannertown Fire Company in Mount Airy, NC that is mounted pretty low to the terra firma. Of note to all of you fire apparatus buffs out there (like me) this piece is a 1965 Ford/Baker.. the same company who later went on to fame producing the Aerialscope that has served all over the US including hundreds in New York City, NY!



Photo credit to the legendary apparatus photographer Dave Organ