[Bell Historians] Carillon

[Bickerton, Roderic (SELEX GALILEO, UK)]

"On having a peal of bells that weight would it not be possible that at
the end of the first length of ringing the first person to open the
tower door would find they are god knows how many feet underground."
 
What a load of rubbish. 
 
In terms of civil engineering, creating a ground platform capable of
taking 1000T is not much of an undertaking.
 
A rail line or bridge is not a massive structure but the weight of  a
Union Pacific 844:
	
	907,980 lbs. or  454 tons Engine & Tender
 
 
That's a moving mass to.
 
 

 
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