Old siren restored in Pleasanton, CA

[Hacksaw]

Cool pictures I just found:

http://photos.mercurynews.com/2013/12/0 ... leasanton/

The news piece for this:

http://www.contracostatimes.com/contrac ... pleasanton

[Daniel]

Thanks for this. This is definitely rarer than a Hedberg siren. I saw a photo on this site of another siren like this elsewhere in a fire museum in the Bay Area, but nobody knew the manufacturer. I did not know that Heath built more than two horizontal sirens (one in San Francisco and the other in London). I lived in Pleasanton when I was very young but never heard any sirens.

[Siren_Dude]

Very cool story, thanks for sharing!

[Siren_Dude]

Also here is the Patent from Canada: http://brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca/opic-ci ... sic_search

[Siren_Dude]

American Patent: http://www.google.com/patents/US1238291

[Daniel]

Here are two very frustrating videos in which the siren is not sounded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axx8wLgnKd0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W-_pc3ncNE

[Siren_Dude]

Here are two very frustrating videos in which the siren is not sounded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axx8wLgnKd0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W-_pc3ncNE

The second link Hacksaw posted has videos of it sounding at the bottom of the page.

[The Siren Maniac]

The news piece for this:

http://www.contracostatimes.com/contrac ... pleasanton

In the 2nd video at the near bottom of the page, the camera craps out.

[SirenTech Ind.]

Wow, that's a really beautiful siren actually. I like the base quite a bit, not to mention the restoration, which is wonderful too.

[Daniel]

Pleasanton was the first town I ever lived in, but our neighborhood was too far from the center of town to have heard this, plus I was three when we moved away.