[Bell Historians] Re: Olympics

[George Dawson]

Do they have the casting capacity there??

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Quote from BBC website

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". 

 

 

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--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
<mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com> , Ian <ian at ...> wrote:
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> Anyone know anything about this 27 ton bell.
>

Daily Telegraph says it is 23 tons 78 inches tall.



           
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