[Bell Historians] Re: Olympics

[Jim]

Another 'Bombardier' event?

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, Ian <ian at ...> wrote:
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> 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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> 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, 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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