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February 5, 2006
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren System (Oakland, CA) list updated.
• Oakland, CA, Chrysler Air Raid Siren photograph added to site.

November 27, 2005
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren System (Seattle, WA) list updated.

May 21, 2005
• Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren System (Chicago, IL) list updated.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren System (Chicago, IL) list updated.

March 8, 2005
• Two year anniversary of VictorySiren.com™.                                                                     

November 5, 2004
• Two early Chrysler Sirens are discovered to still exist in China.                                             
• A 2003 photograph taken of a "Victory Siren" in Fujian Province, China has been posted.

November 4, 2004
• Number of homepage visitors pass 50,000 mark, an average of 82 per day since 03/08/2003.

August 22, 2004
• David Stall, BigRed and VictorySiren.com are featured in the Dallas Morning News.

August 19, 2004
• Number of homepage visitors pass 40,000 mark, an average of 76 per day since 03/08/2003.

May 13, 2004
• Enlargement of Detroit Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren photograph (1942) added to website.

May 7, 2004
• Three photographs of the Trenton Chrysler Sirens near completion of restoration (May '04).

April 29, 2004
•
David Stall and his Chrysler Sirens appear in a San Jose Mercury News article today.

April 28, 2004
• Photograph of Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren being installed in Detroit (1942) added to website.

April 23, 2004
• Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren System (Detroit, MI) list updated.

April 10, 2004
• August 1952 Fire Engineering "Ready to Warn ... " advertisement added to website.

April 4, 2004
• 63 images from Model IND-9 engine manual (used on Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren) are posted.

April 3, 2004
• Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren engine is identified as being Model IND-9.

April 2, 2004
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Miami-Dade County, FL) list updated.

March 18, 2004
• Number of homepage visitors pass 30,000 mark, an average of 81 per day since 03/08/2003.

March 14, 2004
• Two current Rochester, NY, Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs added to site.

March 8, 2004
• One year anniversary of VictorySiren.com
™ with 28,640 first year homepage visitors.          

February 22, 2004
• 1940 Chrysler Fluid Drive pamphlet acquired.
• 1945 Chrysler 8 Cylinder Industrial Engine Model 9 Maintenance Manual acquired.
•
1955 Chrysler V-8 Industrial 20A Engine Maintenance Manual acquired.

February 7, 2004
• Big Bertha Air Raid Siren photograph information updated.

 February 3, 2004
• Carter Carburetor Sheet for 1953 Chrysler Air Raid Siren Model 20A added to site.

February 2, 2004
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Miami-Dade County, FL) list updated.
• Miami Jai-Alai Building, Miami, FL, Chrysler Air Raid Siren photograph added to site.

January 31, 2004
• Site Index expanded.

January 29, 2004
• July 1944 Popular Mechanics "Big Joe" advertisement added to website.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Miami-Dade County, FL) list updated.
• Biscayne Elementary, Miami Beach, FL, Chrysler Air Raid Siren photograph added to site.

January 27, 2004
• North Miami Senior High, Miami, FL, Chrysler Air Raid Siren photograph added to site.
• First photograph of Homestead, FL, Chrysler Air Raid Siren added to site.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Miami-Dade County, FL) list updated.

January 26, 2004
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Miami-Dade County, FL) list updated.

January 24, 2004
• Sound Clip (#10) added, a Chrysler Siren as recorded from a distance of five miles.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Miami-Dade County, FL) list updated.

January 23, 2004
• Model 20A-480 Weekly Inspections page added to Maintenance Manual.
• Model 20A-480 Electrical Control page added to Maintenance Manual.

January 22, 2004
• Model 20A-480 All Clear Signal page added to Maintenance Manual.
•
Model 20A-480 Maintenance Schedule page added to Maintenance Manual.

• Model 20A-480 Operator Instructions page added to Maintenance Manual.
• Model 20A-480 Maintenance Manual Supplement images page added to site.
•
More updated Model 20A-480 Warning Signal information added to "Sound" page.

January 19, 2004
• Updated Model 20A-480 Warning Signal information added to "Sound" page.

January 18, 2004
• Model 20A-480 Warning Signal page added to Maintenance Manual.

January 17, 2004
• Number of homepage visitors pass 25,000 mark, an average of 80 per day since 03/08/2003.

January 14, 15, 16, 2004
• Hard server crash - extended down-time - hardware replaced.

January 4, 2004
• Two new photographs of Los Angeles County Siren (Glendale, CA) added to site.
• Server RAM problems - down half-day.

January 3, 2004
• Two new photographs of Harry Barry's Detroit Siren added to site.
• Three new photographs of Harry Barry's Pittsburgh Siren added to site.

December 23, 2003
• Model 20A-480 Operating Suggestions and Maintenance Manual and Supplement added.

December 22, 2003
• New color image of Operating Suggestions and Maintenance Manual added to site.

December 21, 2003
• Homeland Security Advisory System live Threat Level indicator added to Homepage.
• Homeland Security Advisory System information added to website.
• Chrysler Industrial Engine Propane Fuel information added; Operating Manual (circa 1963).

December 20, 2003
• Chrysler Industrial Engine IND-56: Operating Manual (circa 1955) - Text added.

December 17, 2003
• 1950 US population data added to site.
• Chrysler Industrial Engine IND-56: Operating Manual (circa 1955) - 25 images added.

November 27, 2003
• Sound page updated.

November 26, 2003
• Server crashed, site off line all day.

November 25, 2003
• Third photograph of Dominguez Chrysler Air Raid Siren in Carson, CA, added to site.

 November 20, 2003
• Second photograph of Dominguez Chrysler Air Raid Siren in Carson, CA, added to site.

November 15, 2003
• First photograph of Dominguez Chrysler Air Raid Siren in Carson, CA, added to site.
• Contributor's list updated.

November 4, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Los Angeles, CA) list updated.

November 3, 2003
• Four new photographs of Seattle Phinney Ridge Chrysler Air Raid Siren added to site.
• Contributor's list updated.

October 28, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Miami-Dade County, FL) list updated.

October 27, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Los Angeles, CA) list updated.

October 26, 2003
• Los Angeles Examiner March 1, 1955 article added, "500 Calls in Air Raid Test".
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Los Angeles, CA) list updated.
• Contributor's list updated.

October 20, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Greenville, SC) list updated.
• Number of homepage visitors pass 20,000 mark, an average of 88 per day since 03/08/2003.

August 29, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Willow Grove NAS, PA) list updated.

August 26, 2003
• Two more photographs of Bell Telephone Laboratories' Big Bertha prototype sirens added.

August 25, 2003
• Photograph of Bell Telephone Laboratories' Big Bertha prototype sirens added to site.

August 14, 2003
• Number of homepage visitors pass 15,000 mark, an average of 95 per day since 03/08/2003.
• Photograph of Trenton Chrysler Air Raid Siren chopper during refurbishment added to site.
• Site Index expanded.

August 13, 2003
• Two photographs of Trenton Chrysler Air Raid Sirens during refurbishment added to site.

August 12, 2003
• Photograph of BigRed
™ propane tank.
• Photograph of an experimental Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren added to site.
• Two more photographs of Chrysler Air Raid Sirens at the factory added to site.

August 3, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Los Angeles Co., CA) list updated.

August 1, 2003
• We received a copy of Forward magazine, the official publication of the Walter P. Chrysler
   Museum.  This most current issue has a one page article titled, "Blasts From The Past,"
   about the Chrysler Air Raid Siren featuring a photograph of Harry Barry's Detroit siren.
   In the back of the magazine VictorySiren.com is sited as a reference for more information
   about the Chrysler Air Raid Siren.
  Hopefully this will bring more attention to our project!
• Article list updated to include Forward magazine article.

July 31, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Detroit, MI) list updated.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Los Angeles Co., CA) list updated.

July 30, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Pittsburgh, PA) list updated.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Los Angeles Co., CA) list updated.
• First photograph of LASO Lakewood Chrysler Air Raid Siren in Lakewood, CA, added to site.

July 24, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Spokane) list updated.

July 12, 2003
• Site Index initiated.

July 11, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Spokane) list updated.

July 7, 2003
• Twenty-six more Chrysler Air Raid Siren (Seattle, WA) photographs added to site.

July 6, 2003
• Eleven more Chrysler Air Raid Siren (Lomita, CA) photographs added to site.
• A circa 1944 Chrysler Air Raid Siren advertising illustration added to site.

July 4, 2003
• One photograph of a truck mounted, first version, Chrysler Air Raid Siren added to site.
• First version Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Seattle) list updated.
• Nine Chrysler Air Raid Siren tower photographs (1953 Seattle) added to site.
• One 1953 Phinney Ridge, Seattle, WA, Chrysler Air Raid Siren photograph added to site.
• Nine 1952 Athletic Club (Seattle) Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs added to site.
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Four 1952 Light Warehouse (Seattle) Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs added to site.
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One 1953 Seattle Chrysler Air Raid Siren photograph added to site.
• Six 1953 Steam Plant (Seattle) Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs added to site.

July 3, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Seattle) list updated.
• Eight 1952-1953 Seattle, WA, Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs added to site.

July 1, 2003
• VictorySiren Foundation's Chrysler Air Raid Siren story page updated.

June 30, 2003
• VictorySiren Foundation acquires its first Chrysler Air Raid Siren.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Detroit) list updated.
• VictorySiren.com
™ main menu updated to include "Our Chrysler Siren."
• VictorySiren Foundation's Chrysler Air Raid Siren story page added.
• VictorySiren Foundation's Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs page added.

June 27, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Los Angeles County) list updated.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Seattle) list updated.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Spokane) list updated.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Trenton,MI) list updated.
• Number of homepage visitors pass 11,000 mark, an average of 98 per day since 03/08/2003.

June 23, 2003
• Information updated on Jim Carruther's Detroit siren.

June 22, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Los Angeles County) list updated.

June 21, 2003
• Number of homepage visitors pass 10,000 mark, an average of 95 per day since 03/08/2003.

June 20, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Detroit) list updated.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Los Angeles County) list updated.

June 18, 2003
• Home page updated.
• Information updated on Jim Carruther's Detroit siren.

June 15, 2003
• Chart of official Office of Civilian Defense (OCD) Insignia (circa 1942) added to site.

June 14, 2003
• Manual for Air Raid Wardens: State of Wisconsin (complete text, circa 1942) added to site.

June 11, 2003
• Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren Specifications updated.
• Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren Systems list updated (New York City).
• Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren photograph added to site (first installed & tested, New York).
• Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren Systems list updated (Detroit).
• Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren Systems list updated (Chicago).
• Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren Systems list updated (Denver).

June 10, 2003
• Chrysler-Bell Gas Siren Specifications updated.
• Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren Specifications updated.
• Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren Systems list updated with information about 100+ units.

June 8, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Los Angeles County) list updated.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Chicago) list updated.
• First Generation Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems list updated.
• Number of homepage visitors pass 9,000 mark, an average of 97 per day since 03/08/2003.

June 7, 2003
• Service Reference Book list updated.
• Service Reference Book: Fluid-Torque Drive (1951) added.
• VictorySiren.com Gift Shop opens!  Nine items offered for sale.  
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (San Francisco) list updated.

June 6, 2003
• Service Reference Book list updated.

June 4, 2003
• Service Reference Book list updated.
• Participation in Amazon.com Associates Program approved.

June 3, 2003
• Association with Amazon.com initiated.

June 2, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Miami-Dade County) list updated.
• Contributor's list updated.
• Service Reference Book: FirePower Carburetor Adjustments (1951) added.

June 1, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems (Miami-Dade County) list updated.
• Contributor's list updated.

May 30, 2003
• Home Page updated to reflect new association with the VictorySiren Foundation, Inc.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems list updated.

May 29, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems list updated.
• Three LA County, South Gate, CA, Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs added to site.
• Contributor's list updated.
• Cold War model siren manual parts section updated.
• VictorySiren Foundation Certificate of Incorporation (Texas non-profit) added to site.
• Two North Miami Senior High, Miami, FL, Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs added to site.

May 28, 2003
• Number of homepage visitors pass 8,000 mark, an average of 98 per day since 03/08/2003.
• Contributor's list updated.

May 27, 2003
• Articles listings updated.
• Two new illustrations (Fig.14 & 15) added to Cold War model siren manual.

May 26, 2003
• Articles listings updated.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems list updated.
• Another BigRed™ Chrysler Air Raid Siren sound clips are added to site.

May 25, 2003
• BigRed™ is started for the third and fourth time since arriving in Texas.
• Early Chrysler Hemi
ฎ 331 cubic-inch engine information page added to site.
• Three more BigRed™ Chrysler Air Raid Siren sound clips are added to site.
• Four BigRed™ Siren photographs added to site.

May 24, 2003
• BigRed™ is started for the second time since arriving in Texas.
• BigRed™ another Chrysler Air Raid Siren sound clip are added to site.
• Six BigRed™ Siren photographs added to site.

May 23, 2003
• BigRed™ is started and run for the first time since arriving in Texas.
• BigRed
™ Chrysler Air Raid Siren sound clips are added to site.
• BigRed™ Siren Story updated.

May 20, 2003
• Number of homepage visitors pass 7,000 mark, an average of 97 per day since 03/08/2003.
• VictorySiren Foundation issued Certificate of Incorporation as a Texas non-profit corporation.

May 19, 2003
• VictorySiren™ files for Texas non-profit corporation status as the VictorySiren Foundation.

May 18, 2003
• Contributor's list updated.

May 17, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Systems list updated.
• Two Rochester, New York, Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs added to site.
• Three new Seattle, WA, Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs added to site.

May 16, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren owner's list re-titled Siren Systems list and updated.
• Seattle Chrysler Air Raid Siren photograph text updated.

May 15, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren owner's list updated.

May 13, 2003
• Big Bertha Specifications updated.

May 11, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren owner's list updated.
• Nine photographs of Jim Carruthers' Chrysler Air Raid Siren added to site.

May 7, 2003
• Number of homepage visitors pass 6,000 mark, an average of 99 per day since 03/08/2003.

May 6, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren owner's list updated.
• Radio show "Foghorns and Sirens," added to Articles listing.

May 4, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren owner's list updated.
•
Chrysler Air-Raid Siren (early model) Maintenance Manual illustrations added.
• Chrysler Air-Raid Siren (early model) Maintenance Manual added.

May 3, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren owner's list updated and re-titled installations.
• Four Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs with Dodge truck added to site.

May 1, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren owner's list updated.

April 29, 2003
• Siren Sound page updated.

April 26, 2003
• Number of homepage visitors pass 5,000 mark, an average of 102 per day since 03/08/2003.
• Four Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs (factory floor & rail) added to site.
• Eleven First Version Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs added to site.
• Three Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren photographs added to site.
• BigRed™ Siren history updated.
• Two BigRed™ Siren photographs added to site.

April 25, 2003
• Four Chrysler-Bell Gas Siren photographs added to site.

April 24, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren owner's list updated.

April 23, 2003
• Eight new Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs (Lomita, CA) added to site.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren owner's list updated.

April 21, 2003
• Five new Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs (Spokane, WA) added to site.
• Four new BigRed™ Siren photographs added to site.
•
Five new Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs (Seattle, WA) added to site.
• Contributor's List updated.
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren owner's list updated.

April 20, 2003
• Number of homepage visitors pass 4,000 mark, an average of 94 per day since 03/08/2003.
• Two new Chrysler Air Raid Siren photographs (Trenton, MI) added to site.
• Propane Fuel Facts page added to site.

April 19, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren owner information updated.
• Trenton Times August 21, 1958 article added, "Tornado-Air Raid Siren Erecting Is Tricky".
• Trenton Times December 12, 2002 article added, "Victory Bell siren lowered".

April 18, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren owner information added to site.
• Three new Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren photographs added to site.
• Specifications updated for Chrysler Air Raid Siren (early model).

April 17, 2003
• Main page updated to include BigRed™.
• BigRed™ 12 close-up photos added to site.
• BigRed™ specifications page updated.

April 16, 2003
• BigRed
™ arrives in Texas - 12 photos of arrival added to site.
• Text added to December 1952 The American City advertisement.
• Text added to June 1953 The American City advertisement.

April 15, 2003
• Text added to August 1953 The American City advertisement.
• Two new photographs added to BigRed
™ Photographs page.

April 14, 2003
• Los Angeles County - Hansen Dam Chrysler Air Raid Siren dubbed BigRed
™.
• "BigRed
™ Siren Story" page added to site.
• "BigRed™ Photos" page added to site.
• "BigRed™ Specs" page added to site.
• "BigRed™ Siren Appearances" page added to site.
• Text added to April 1953 The American City advertisement

April 13, 2003
• "What's New" page added to site.
• Los Angeles County - Hansen Dam Chrysler Air Raid Siren loaded on truck in Burbank, CA.

April 12, 2003
•
VictorySiren™ appears on the Google™ search engine today.
• 1955 Air Raid Instructions added.
• Three photographs of parts from Lomita Siren added. [ -1- ]  [ -2- ]  [ -3- ]  
• Text added to March 1952 The American City advertisement
• Text added to April 1952 The American City advertisement
• Text added to July 1952 The American City advertisement
• Text added to August 1952 The American City advertisement.
• Text added to October 1952 The American City advertisement
• Text added to November 1952 The American City advertisement

April 10, 2003
• Agreement is reached to acquire the Hansen Dam Chrysler Air Raid Siren.

April 7, 2003
• Number of homepage visitors pass 3,000 mark, an average of 100 per day since 03/08/2003.

April 1, 2003
• Chrysler-Bell Gas Siren history added.
• Chrysler-Bell Gas Siren specifications added.

March 27 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren Operating Suggestions And Maintenance Manual added.
• Number of homepage visitors pass 2,000 mark, an average of 103 per day since 03/08/2003.

March 20, 2003
• Number of homepage visitors pass 1,000 mark, an average of 83 per day since 03/08/2003.

March 19, 2003
• Chrysler Air Raid Siren specifications added.
• Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren specifications added.
• Bell Telephone Laboratories' "Big Bertha" Siren history added.

March 8, 2003
• VictorySiren.com™ goes online.
• September 1952 The American City advertisement added.
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February 1953 The American City advertisement added.
• March 1953 The American City advertisement added.
• May 1953 The American City advertisement added.
• Mechanix Illustrated article added.
• Agreement is reached to acquire the Pittsburgh (Carrick HS) Chrysler Air Raid Siren.

 

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