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Chrysler Air Raid Siren being lifted onto tower in Newark, Delaware.
Unknown newspaper, December 24, 1953

Caption reads, "A new siren donated to the Newark volunteer fire company by the Chrysler Corporation is lifted into place atop a 75-ft. tower adjacent to the fire house on Friday.  This latest type warning siren replaces an earlier model previously donated by Chrysler and can be operated by remote control from within the fire house.  The time and use of heavy equipment necessary to lift the 5-ton siren into place was donated by the McCormick Construction Co. of Wilmington."

Editor's Note:  The Newark volunteer fire company was the Aetna Hose, Hook & Ladder Company.  A Chrysler parts plant was within the fire protection district. The siren should have weighed only 2½-tons.  The tower was erected by George Moore, riggers, at a cost of $2,439.63, half of which was paid by Civil Defense.

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