2016年11月11日 · At one time there were exactly 741 H.O.R. sirens in the city. That's the peak in all five boroughs. 34 of them were 40-HP Super Sirex models. Some on tall buildings, some 'hidden' among the skyscrapers and tall buildings in Manhattan, and some only 3-4 stories tall on school buildings.

2014年11月14日 · La Guardia and Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine bought ten "monster" air raid sirens built by Chrysler. The New York Times in July 1942 described them as "so powerful that they will carry for eight miles and will break the eardrums of …

2018年12月4日 · Feel free to use the two maps in my signature for sirens in Ulster and Broome counties. You actually got most of them, but I noticed a few that were absent. As for other sirens that aren't in those counties: Three sirens in one place! I know you have the Model 7 and the T-128, but the Thunderbolt 1003 is still there.

2014年11月14日 · New York City's history with the air raid siren dates back to WWII. The city's first siren was installed on February 19, 1942 at Gerritsen Avenue and Avenue U, in Brooklyn. Mayor La...

2008年2月29日 · Over 300 HOR sirens were installed in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx & Staten Island... None exist today as the city took them all down in the late 1980's when Civil Defense was disbanded. A few made it to long Island in …

2017年10月25日 · A frequently seen accessory on NYC lampposts in the Fab 50s and on into the Swinging 60s were large, bulky air raid sirens during the height of the Cold War with the Soviets, such as this one seen at Wall and Broad and Nassau Streets, in a different era when traffic was permitted on America’s Main Street of Capitalism.

2024年4月26日 · Inactive air raid sirens can be still be spotted on some utility poles in New York. On a neighborhood walk yesterday, I snapped a pic of an old air raid siren atop a pole. This particular picture was taken near western New York.