Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
*Re-uploaded due to quality error.*
Abandoned my original plan and opted to stay local this Saturday. I decided to nab this crusty old Darley in the small village of Port William, located several miles north of Wilmington.
I apologize for the guy mowing his lawn in the background. Given the town is extremely small, there really wasn't anywhere else I could move to in order to block the noise, so I just stayed put. This small siren surprisingly overpowered the lawn mower. It was not loud at all. However it does seem loud enough to cover most of the immediate area it surrounds. You can see the top dome of the intake cover get sucked down and rattle around when the siren sounds, which was cool. Guess it speaks for how old this thing is. There's a large dent on the other side of the thing, too, and some holes from rust. I'm not too sure when this was installed, but I'm guessing sometime in the early-mid 1960's maybe. This siren is located at what is (or was) the town's fire station.
Clinton County tests their sirens on the First Saturday of the month at noon; the mechanical sirens do 3 alert cycles as they are incapable of doing multiple signals as the electronic Whelen sirens do. Enjoy!
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Camera(s) Used: Panasonic HC-V380 (video and audio), Canon Powershot SX50HS (intro photos)
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*Re-uploaded due to quality error.*
Abandoned my original plan and opted to stay local this Saturday. I decided to nab this crusty old Darley in the small village of Port William, located several miles north of Wilmington.
I apologize for the guy mowing his lawn in the background. Given the town is extremely small, there really wasn't anywhere else I could move to in order to block the noise, so I just stayed put. This small siren surprisingly overpowered the lawn mower. It was not loud at all. However it does seem loud enough to cover most of the immediate area it surrounds. You can see the top dome of the intake cover get sucked down and rattle around when the siren sounds, which was cool. Guess it speaks for how old this thing is. There's a large dent on the other side of the thing, too, and some holes from rust. I'm not too sure when this was installed, but I'm guessing sometime in the early-mid 1960's maybe. This siren is located at what is (or was) the town's fire station.
Clinton County tests their sirens on the First Saturday of the month at noon; the mechanical sirens do 3 alert cycles as they are incapable of doing multiple signals as the electronic Whelen sirens do. Enjoy!
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Camera(s) Used: Panasonic HC-V380 (video and audio), Canon Powershot SX50HS (intro photos)
© Copyright 2021 by firefreak57 studios. Do not copy any content on this channel without permission. All rights reserved.
