Atlanta, GA

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  The city of Atlanta is the capitol of the state of Georgia. Like most cities, it had a civil defense system. Today however, only bits and pieces remain of this system that composed of well over 100 sirens total, and approximately 45 at its peak in the 1950s.

From the beginning:

  The earliest mention of Atlanta having sirens comes from early 1942. In the early days of WWII, Atlanta installed 225 sirens according to an article dated 7/11/1942. These sirens were four Federal sirens installed on telephone poles that totaled 2 H.P. This would be, implying that they had 4 at every location, 56 sites. Of these setups, only one is left that is currently known about. However, in another article dated 9/23/1942; the article metions a two tone Decot siren being installed on the Rhodes-Haverty Building. During WWII, Atlanta did too purchase Model 7s as supplements