Air raid siren?

[bryanbdp]

I just purchased what seems to be an air raid siren. It is astonishingly loud. It is 120 volts, but I don't know if there's a transformer on the box it's attached to. Had to have it, paid $80 for it.
Can anyone identify it? What's it worth?
Thanks
Bryan

[Steve Webb]

What does the label or plates have on it.

[bryanbdp]

The plate is painted over. I'll probably try stripping the paint off at some point.
But not right now. I have it stashed in my step son's closet with a timer set for tomorrow morning...

[Steve Webb]

Close the bathroom door to slow him down

[bryanbdp]

Ya gotta enjoy the little things!

[Rustman]

I think it's a Federal from the 1950's. I had one once. Sold it to another member of our Civil Defense reenacting group. Mine didn't have any kind of box or transformer under it. Just a cast base you could bolt down. We used a few years at the Reading Air Show.

Matthew