[Bell Historians] Small bell dated 1822

[Hayden Charles]

If it helps, I have converted the two heic images to jpeg.

Hayden Charles

georgebellringer--- via Bell-historians wrote on 23/11/2025 10:24:
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> *From:*Bell-historians *On Behalf Of *Carl S Zimmerman via Bell-historians
> *Sent:* 23 November 2025 00:05
> *To:* Bell Historians <bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk>
> *Cc:* Carl S Zimmerman <csz_stl at swbell.net>
> *Subject:* [Bell Historians] Small bell dated 1822
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> Attached are four photos of a 10.5-inch diameter bronze bell that was 
> reportedly fished out of the Columbia River in the western USA about 
> 60 years ago.  No further provenance is known.  It bears the date of 
> 1822, but no other inscription.  It has a tang and a cast-in clapper 
> staple, but the clapper is missing.  Since the first steamboat arrived 
> on the Columbia River in 1835, and regular steamboat traffic did not 
> develop until the 1850s, it seems unlikely that this was a ship's 
> bell.  My guess is that it was part of the cargo of a wrecked 
> steamboat, in the process of being recycled from its original use 
> elsewhere.  But where that might have been I have no clue.
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> Does the style of the bell or its date fit with what is known of any 
> of the British bellfoundries of that era?
>
> Carl Scott Zimmerman, Campanologist
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