[Bell Historians] Re: Pat Cannon at Poona.

[Peter Whisker]

Many medieval towers collapsed, especially if they were built over the
crossing, as the weight pushed out the piers and the tower basically fell
through.

Chertsey Abbey did this in July 1370 - the "Abbey Bell" in St. Peter's
Chertsey is a 1380 recasting of a 1310 bell damaged in the tower collapse.

St. Barnabas, Ranmore in Surrey (8, 20-2-14) does seem to have some alarming
cracks in the arches of the crossing. I expect (hope!) that the Diocesan
architect is on top of it (no pun intended!).

Peter


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jimhedgcock" <jameshedgcock at h...>
To: <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 7:05 PM
Subject: [Bell Historians] Re: Pat Cannon at Poona.


> --- The old tower at Liverpool Pier Head collapsed in dramatic
> circumstances.
>
>
> In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "jim phillips" <jim at p...> wrote:
> > Bill Hibbert wrote:-
> > >I have heard this story, but about Lahore. I only have a very vague
> > >memory of it and can't provide any provenance. Having seen Lahore,
> I
> > >could imagine it was feasible. The church guide-book says the tower
> > >swayed considerably when the bells were rung after installation,
> > >implying they were rung full circle then.
> >
> > It could well have been Lahore as I heard the story many years
> ago. English
> > towers also sway i.e. The Imperial Institute.
> > How much does a tower have to sway before it falls down? Is it
> true that
> > the bells will 'drop' first and become uncontrollable thus
> restoring the
> > equilibrium to the structure. Would an hour of perfect striking
> bring the
> > 'Institute' tower down. It seems to me that the Institute tower
> does not
> > enjoy prolonged perfect striking and protests at same by 'dropping'
> the
> > bells. Foot bridges used to be tested by marching soldiers 'in
> step' over
> > the bridge.
> > Which tower was it that collapsed years ago after the ringing had
> finished
> > and the ringers were outside of the tower? Are bell towers
> regularly
> > inspected for any signs of potential collapse? The boilers of
> steam engines
> > are certainly inspected at regular intervals and failed if a
> potential
> > problem is found.
>
>
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