BIG BELLS.
Sir,-In Major F. H. Lampen’s recent talk about bells he said that the new Cathedral in Liverpool is to have the heaviest peal of ringing bells in the world, "The peal will number 13 bells
and weighs 1414 tons, the tenor of the peal weighing 4 tons." That is interesting, for the ‘heaviest ringing peal of bells in the world at present hangs in the massive tower of Exeter Cathedral. The tenor of this peal of twelve bells weighs 3 tons 12 cwt. For comparison the proposed 4 ton tenor bell for Liverpool Cathedral will be more than 30 times the size of the Ship’s Bell on the Queen Mary, which in turn is ten times the size of ordinary ships’ bells. It is in fact the largest bell afloat and weighs over
300 pounds.
R.
HEAL
Ahipara).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 192, 26 February 1943, Page 3
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