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My Good Babushka

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Sat Mar 8, 2014, 08:13 AM Mar 2014

The Whitechapel Bell Foundry

The Whitechapel Bell Foundry founded in 1570 is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest manufacturing business in Great Britain. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the Liberty Bell which cracked on first use. Big Ben is the largest bell cast, in 1858, weighing 13.5 tons. It is also cracked.

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The Whitechapel Bell Foundry (Original Post) My Good Babushka Mar 2014 OP
They sound pretty, though. :hi: cyberswede Mar 2014 #1
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