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Re: Google Street View Finds « Reply #285 on: January 11, 2026, 10:35:45 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
 That's what I thought ! I'd assume that would make them kinda rare . They could even be 120v !
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Re: Google Street View Finds « Reply #286 on: January 13, 2026, 06:11:29 PM » Author: Das Rheingold

Found in Wakaw, Saskatchewan, long gone by now, also looks to be the only one.



https://www.google.com/maps/@52.6451771,-105.7414384,3a,54.2y,331.73h,97.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1soNPSCM0FBiRU3Y_7LyQAaw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-7.031380917106958%26panoid%3DoNPSCM0FBiRU3Y_7LyQAaw%26yaw%3D331.72938414319555!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDEwNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D


Reason I was there is because I was looking in streetview as they are one of the very few Canadian towns that has a Federal Signal Thunderbolt siren, let alone a working one, at the fire hall.
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Re: Google Street View Finds « Reply #287 on: January 13, 2026, 06:23:30 PM » Author: joseph_125
Nice find! Looking at the pole it looks like they retrofitted it for some kind of remote ballasted HID, maybe MV, maybe HPS.

Toronto still has a few up but it's been a while since I've seen a functional one.
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Re: Google Street View Finds « Reply #288 on: January 13, 2026, 10:18:48 PM » Author: Das Rheingold
Oromocto New Brunswick used to have many of them too, I always remembered those big remote ballasts they had, gave them character.


Wasn't there a park in Toronto somwhere where there were a bunch of those?


EDIT: Found another in Wakaw
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