No    6 tons I believe.<br />But I suppose it could be cast under supervision by Whitechapel at another foundry. Did not Paccards or some other european foundry cast some enormous bell of a similar weight at a foundry that specialised in ships propellers<br />Yours Ian<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: 2px solid #ff0000">========================================<br /> Message Received: Jan 28 2012, 03:56 PM<br /> From: "George Dawson" <br /> To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br /> Cc: <br /> Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Re: Olympics<br /> <br />                <span style="display: none"> </span>        <p style="margin:0;padding:0;" id="ygrp-text">                     <p> </p><p style="margin:0;padding:0;" class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #1f497d">Do they have the casting capacity there??</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #1f497d">G</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #1f497d"> </span></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><p style="border-top: 1pt solid #b5c4df"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt"> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>John H Allen<br /> <strong>Sent:</strong> 28 January 2012 15:50<br /> <strong>To:</strong> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br /> <strong>Subject:</strong> RE: [Bell Historians] Re: olympics</span></p></p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">  </p><p style="margin:0;padding:0;" id="ygrp-mlmsg"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;" id="ygrp-msg"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;" id="ygrp-text"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white" class="MsoNormal"><span>Quote from BBC website</span></p><p style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #333333">He added that the stadium's 27-tonne bell was being cast on Friday at London's Whitechapel Foundry - where 13.5-tonne Big Ben was cast in 1856 - and would be inscribed with a quote from The Tempest's Caliban: "Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises". </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span>---------------------------------------------</span></p></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;" class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"><span><hr width="100%" size="2" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt"> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@H4V_a7CkKc9_U19_7WbPy8MAHXYk6WRQI9PiiOvXsIVWbhKuKsQXbkrZ-hLY3EpP6VTKfSxRBumAvryY3QtZ0oeomG4.yahoo.invalidom] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Jim<br /> <strong>Sent:</strong> Saturday 28 January 2012 15:43<br /> <strong>To:</strong> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br /> <strong>Subject:</strong> [Bell Historians] Re: olympics</span></p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">  </p><p style="margin:0;padding:0;" id="ygrp-mlmsg"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;" id="ygrp-msg"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;" id="ygrp-text"><p> <br /> <br /> --- In <a href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a>, Ian  wrote:<br /> ><br /> > Anyone know anything about this 27 ton bell.<br /> ><br /> <br /> Daily Telegraph says it is 23 tons 78 inches tall.</p></p></p></p></p></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white"></span></p></p></p></p></p><p> </p>      </p>                  <!-- end group email -->  <br /><br />[ image001.jpg (0.5 Kb) ]<br />[ image002.jpg (0.4 Kb) ]</blockquote>           
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