Picture No | 10219280 |
Date | 1860 |
Description | America, Steel bell casting. Great steel bell to be used as |
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The bell was the largest casting in steel up until that time. The bell weighed 2tons 12 cwt or 5,824 lb, height 5 feet 3 inches, diameter at the mouth 6 feet 2 inches, thickness at the sound bow 4and a quarter inches.
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Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 7 January 1860, page 12 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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