Английская Википедия:Big Joe (bell)
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Weight: | 37,000 lb (16,818 kg) |
| Diameter: | Шаблон:Convert |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Yoke: | unknown pounds (unknown kg) |
| Clapper: | 640 pounds[1] |
| Location: | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |
| Casting Date: | 1895 |
| Musical note: | EШаблон:Music |
Joseph (commonly known as Big Joe) is a bronze bell that hangs Шаблон:Convert into the bell tower of Neo-Gothic Saint Francis De Sales Catholic Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.[2][1] The endearing moniker Big Joe is a combination of the names of Joseph T. Buddeke, the largest donor of the project, and Big Ben, the great bell in the iconic Palace of Westminster clock tower in London.[3][4]
Measuring Шаблон:Convert tall and with a diameter of Шаблон:Convert, the 17.5 ton bell is the largest swinging bell ever cast in the United States.[3] It was cast on October 30, 1895 by the E. W. Van Duzen Company at their foundry on Second Street and Broadway.[4][5] The massive bell was hauled by 12 horses up Gilbert Avenue, then down Madison Road to St. Frances de Sales in the neighborhood of East Walnut Hills.[4]
When first swung in January 1896, its deafening peal startled the Walnut Hills neighborhood and could be heard for Шаблон:Convert.[3] According to some accounts, the resultant EШаблон:Music produced vibrations which shook the houses and buildings below and shattered nearby windows.[2] However, a modern-day bell expert at Cincinnati-based The Verdin Company, foundry of the nearby and even larger World Peace Bell (which was cast in France), dismisses damage to window glass inflicted by Big Joe as a local legend with no historical basis. According to them, Big Joe was never swung again because of trembling in the bell tower and crumbing of mortar; the bell was simply too big for its tower.[1][6]
Following the bell's inaugural ring, the parish priests decreed the bell shall "remain immobile forever".[1] The Шаблон:Convert clapper was not used again; today the bell is rung only with an oversized foot hammer tapping its rim.[3][7]
Big Joe is struck thrice daily at 6 am, 12 noon and 6 pm for Angelus, followed by the chiming of four smaller bells, known as the "ladies in waiting", resting above it.[3][4]
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- BIG JOE "Largest swinging bell in the world. Presented to St. Francis de Sales's congregation by the late Joseph G. Buddeke."
- St. Francis de Sales Church
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 Шаблон:Cite magazine
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 http://saintfrancisdesalesparish.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/SFDS_History1.pdf Шаблон:Bare URL PDF
- ↑ Logansport Journal (Indiana), November 20, 1895, page 7
- ↑ Will Newport bell rattle its neighbors?
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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