"30 ft tall, located in a fenced off area near the low point of my town. Not near a fire station, unsure if it works"
A: "If you are in a tornado area this is an old looking tornado warning siren. If you are near an airbase I would say air raid warning siren. If you are in tornado alley and near and airbase then it’s both."
They also used to have firing ports in the billboards along the highways.
Ha my thought initially but realized it is being used to cover a hole...(Probably a location for a control panel in a different situation), since it fits so well
We have these in our elevators as well. There used to be a telephone mounted there to call the front desk in case the thing got stuck. Later they got obsolete because there had to be automated warning systems
This is part of the weather station system. There is also a wind speedometer above the plaque. And I confirm that the upper temperature is air temperature and the lower temperature is the road. Warnings, for example about black ice, are also displayed there