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Bronze Bell

8/28/2016

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An 1858 bronze bell was removed from its tower on a church of the same year in Reading, Mich., and placed on pallets at its new location, at its desired placement height. My funky scaffold set-up temporarily suspended the bell so I could remove the wide pallets, which set over the spots where I wanted to dig for stone pillar foundations.

Narrower pallets were placed under the bell as the foundations arose, “just in case.” The bell weighs 1,500-2,000 pounds and my trust in this scaffold was hardly entire. 
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Heavy angle irons were embedded into the stonework and hidden with old barn beam pieces. An Amish fellow roofed the structure. 

The bell is rung by a quarter-inch coated cable run through a pair of pulleys. It is not mobile anymore, just the clapper iron, but the loud ring is amply dramatic. 

It can be imagined what a workout this bell was given when the Civil War ended. 
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Fieldstone post pillars were also built at the building’s entrance. The bell structure is in the background.
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