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The Waterloo Tower, Quex Park

The Waterloo Tower was built in 1819 to house a ring of twelve bells for English change ringing. It was the first ring of twelve bells in Kent. It was built by John Powell Powell (1769-1849), owner of Quex Park. The spire was made of cast iron

Picture No
10991814
Media ID
47629083
Size
1476px x 2428px (1.9MB)
Credit
© The Powell-Cotton Museum Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1916

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