Chrysler Air-Raid Siren

It was known as the Chrysler Bell Victory Siren during its first generation, which was between the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Built during the Cold War era from 1952 to 1957 by Chrysler, its power plant contained a newly designed Firepower Hemi V8 engine with a displacement of 331 cubic inches (5.42 L) and producing 180 horsepower (130 kW).

[1] They are 12 feet (3.7 m) long, built atop a quarter section of a Dodge truck chassis rail, and weigh an estimated 3 short tons (2.7 t).

In Los Angeles County, six were placed around key locations of populated areas, and another ten were sold to other government agencies in the state of California.

[citation needed] In Seattle's Phinney Ridge neighborhood, a decommissioned air-raid siren remains standing as a local landmark.