Daily Herald Photograph: Bells
- Made:
- 1961-07-06 in Leicestershire
- maker:
- Associated Press
One photograph [description needed], titled 'Washington Bells Are Made in England'. Caption on back reads: 'Mr. Harold Marcon, supervisor of the tuning department at the John Taylor and Company Bell Foundry at Loughborough, Leicestershire, marks the E natural bell of the 53-bell carillon for Washington Cathedral at present being cast in Loughborough. The 3'10" bell weights 17 1/2 CWT. The 200,000-dollars contract for the carillon is the biggest order the firm has taken since 1936 when 53 bells were cast for the university of Michigan. The National Episcopal Cathedral in Washington, D.C., was begun in 1907. When the bells are hung in it it will be complete'.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/46280
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photographic print