[Bell Historians] Re: Olympics

[Ian]

No    6 tons I believe.
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
Yours Ian




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Message Received: Jan 28 2012, 03:56 PM
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Do they have the casting capacity there??
G
 
From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John H Allen
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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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From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim
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--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, Ian wrote:
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> Anyone know anything about this 27 ton bell.
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Daily Telegraph says it is 23 tons 78 inches tall.

 
  

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