portland siren by joe walker and curtis munts

[@FireAlarmMan458]

At the low point of the wind-down, it sounds like a 3t22. Good video!

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

Oh yeah 😃

[@Taojac]

yeah this is a castle castings very loud in real life but i wish they had sounded it up and down instead of just holding the tone for two minutes!!

[@mycheezyhelm]

quite simply a superb video. i cried at the end

[@seawind0721]

When it's winding down, this siren sounds very much like a Federal Signal 3T22. It's good to see some of these old sirens still being used.

[@razorsixone1]

Sounding tonight due to the largest storms to hit the UK for decades. The pub has been hit

[@Pete7647]

Remember hearing The Retained Fire Station in Spalding siren going off to alert the crews, siren was on top of Gas works near my Girl friends(now my wife) home. All retained stations used these to call them out to an incident in the pre pocket alerter days,

[@Francis1930]

@harrygoozee Yes I was a child and no I wasn't evacuated from London. My mother God Rest her couldn't bring herself to allow myself or my sisters to leave London. We lived in East Ham back then, and that was one of the areas bombed heavily on 7th September 1940 at the start of the blitz, along with most of the East End and the Docks.

[@ChrisRichmond]

@Taojac you have more tornadoes down in the south west country than we seem to up in Norfolk! 14 years since the twister film came out and I still haven't seen a tornado touch-down in Norfolk... Closest thing I can remember hearing of was a waterspout in Felixtowe...

[@Taojac]

@mtf62 no they were ironmongers and founders of metal casings and such and where called up to manufacture sirens during the start of the war. i typed in castle castings into google but i don't think it is the same company, if you would like to purchase a world war two like siren there was another company called klaxon and they are still operating and manufacturing sirens.

[@Taojac]

yeah they did two tests on the same day. this is test two because i went to another siren just down the road and then when it started going off it didnt even get fast enough to make a noise then it just stopped so my previous video was ruined grrr

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

They also used to have a Klaxon GP12

[@alexandermakrianis]

Great video. So this is an original siren from WW2? Its amazing that they have been able to keep these opearational for over 60 years.

[@Xeadin101]

@FireAlarmMan458 I think this siren is a 10/12 port-- the same port ratio as the 2t-3t22

[@tehoulvoboy777]

I love the sound!

[@Taojac]

@JoelH1988 yes its just at the bottom of high street next to the old church at chiswell.

[@Taojac]

@mtf62 i havent a clue do you know any way i could check for you. there is a small green box on the ground near the siren mounting pole and that is where the button is pressed to activate it im not sure if that is a starting box. tell me where i might find this info on the siren and i will comment back.

[@USMC_BABE38]

Anyone know the siren model number so I can show it to an friend of mine

[@crazywarriorman]

Very good recording!

[@Taojac]

thanks

[@ChrisRichmond]

@Taojac In that case, you've done the best you can. :-) I'm hoping to find a reasonable location to get the audio from my local siren if they decide to test them this august...

[@audinos4827]

I don't think they have too many tornadoes in Dorset.

[@Taojac]

fair point that would be bad since i use this same camera for all my recordings and i wouldn't want to get too close anyway because of my ears too

[@Taojac]

@djoska87 only problem is that 20-25 meters away would have been in the middle of the road or someones living room. sorry this is the best you can get of this siren.

[@Francis1930]

Castle Castings sirens were not used during the second world war! They were used during the cold war to warn of imminent soviet nuclear attack. Carter Gents (of Leicester) were the sirens which were used exclusively in England during the 2nd World War - I should know I was born before the war and lived through the blitz.

[@johnkordish3546]

They where used in the Cold War era and world war 2 era

[@nobodyisnthere2915]

They should put like brakes pads on the chopper so it can wind down more faster.

[@johnkordish3546]

Was the siren in Portland Oregon or Portland Maine

[@Taojac]

hey guys and gals just to let you know i know some people commented on how clear my vid is. i would like to let you know that sometime next year i am going to record the same siren only EVEN CLOSER because its in a residential area i can get a tiny six feet away from the siren next year. so my next vid should be wicked close.

[@Droideka133]

@iwnproductions If I didn't know better, I'd say the 2T and 3T22'S are based on this, well the Kaxon version at least,

[@Taojac]

sorry mate its used for floods only. audinos is right we dont have many tornado's down here in the south of england. good question tho

[@CJDJgamer]

These are being sounded right now due to an imminent flood

[@Taojac]

thanks mate

[@adefordham7489]

There was one of these at Snettisham in Norfolk. Bloody council got rid of it. Grrrrrr!!

[@russelD9]

hello do you know when they test them ?

[@russelD9]

we have one it went off it looks just like that but it faild after one minite of sounding

[@burghill1979]

some run 440 volts others poss 380v or 240

[@WatchKek]

Whereabouts is it?

[@ryanharveywhite]

Are there a lot of old sirens in Portland that are still installed?

[@alarmmuseum]

They were replaced with modern E2S sirens a while ago unfortunately

[@ChrisRichmond]

@Siren1000T1 It would indeed... And distorted recordings do NOT sound good... To be honest, about another 25-50 metres AWAY would have been perfect, and you got the angle spot-on (you pick up the equal sound of both rotors)

[@johnkordish3546]

Gents air raid siren

[@dorsetcarer1]

Fucking hated this, being in a bastard flood zone

[@23t22]

Dude, awesome siren! :) is that a carter siren?

[@childishtombino1275]

it is a Castle Castings

[@N617A]

where is this one? portland oregon????

[@Taojac]

they are tested every 6 months

[@Taojac]

it's an isle not a town or state, its in dorset, JGI =P

[@JoelH1988]

Is this siren located next to a church like building in Chiswell, Portland? Cool video.

[@burghill1979]

don't forget carter's or klaxon signal or grifco

[@johnkordish3546]

All clear

[@Siren1000T1]

I would be careful about that cause if you put the camera too close to the siren, the mic will get distorted badly with all that noise being put into the mic and to be honest with you, that would kind of ruin the recording.

[@Taojac]

2000 views YAY

[@cc10266]

@Xeadin101 Correct.

[@QuadCore120]

If a bird made a nest in there, it will be bad.

[@harrygoozee]

Really? You were a kid? Did u get evacuated?

[@NomadPropaganda]

This is creepy

[@ryanharveywhite]

Is this still there?

[@alarmmuseum]

It’s been replaced by newer ones

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

@@alarmmuseum E2S A141 sirens

[@alarmmuseum]

@@hmsirensandfirealarmscorrect, you can see them on the siren map

[@daniellesealey2219]

WWll siren

[@Taojac]

XD XD XD i wish we did

[@Taojac]

yeah it does kinda look a little weird