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I relayed the advice about WAXOYL and received the following information
in return, which may be of some interest.<br><br>
RAL<br><br>
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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:44:47 -0800 <br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>Had your e-mail forwarded from our state
office. Thanks for the advice. We got the following response
on our research which is what led to the questions:<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>"Your bell is indeed made of cast iron (or
cast steel actually), and was produced by the Cincinnati Bell Company,
Cincinnati, Ohio. It is <br><br>
impossible to date it exactly, but the timespan which you indicate does
fit with what little is known about that company.
...............<br><br>
cast steel bells were a commodity product, mass produced and distributed
through a wide variety of outlets. <br><br>
The "30" in the inscription refers to the size of the bell - it
must be approximately 30 inches in diameter (measured across the mouth).
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I expect that the "30" and the "CIN BELL CO" parts of
the inscription are on opposite sides of the center of the yoke from
which the bell <br><br>
is suspended. There might also be a "30" on top of the bell
itself. All would be in raised lettering, integral to the original
castings."<br><br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>We have had another response since that and he
told us that if we can get him the diameter of the bell he has a table
that will give us the weight & tone. Haven't gotten that info
as of yet. We don't have records of the casting however we can
roughtly date it because in 1892 he first one-room school house was
erected to replace the orginal log schoolhouse and there is a photo with
a bell. The Cincinnati Bell Company cast bells from 1814 to
1889. We do not know if it was purchased directly from them or
secondhand. There were some subsequent schoolhouses with bells that
replaced this structure but they probably reused the same bell as Redmond
at the time was a very small community which could not have afforded that
kind of "luxury", <br><br>
Interestingly, our community has two bells, the other belonging to the
school district. A prominent family, the Clises, donated it to a
church, it was then donated to the City which used it as the fire bell,
and when that use was no longer neccessary it went to the local
highschool. That bell was cast in West Troy, New York by the
Meneely Bell Company and is inscribed with the date 1912. This is a 38
inch diameter bell, weighs 1,100 lbs, and sound a A-flat when
rung.<br><br>
Not bad for a little community that incorporated in 1912 with all of 300
people!!"<br><br>
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