Marshfield's City Hall Clock and Fire Bell

Raised May 29, 1901 • Removed Nov. 28, 1962

This 1,982 pound bell tolled the hours, served as community fire alarm and summoned volunteer firemen to meetings for more than four decades. The clock mechanism failed during World War II and ...

The Bell Tower

This tower was built in 1824, on the site of a frame building. It long served as a guard house for the State Guard.

The bell was a fire alarm and was also rung in emergencies. In 1861-1865 it was used ...

Grand Island Public School Bell

Grand Island Public School. Erected 1878.

I proclaim unceasing warfare against

ignorance, fanatacism and intolerance.

School Board, 1879

O A Abbott, Moderator

W H Platt, Director

H A Koenig, Treasurer

T J Hurford · C E Lykke · R C Jordan

Building Committee

Wm Anyan · John Wallich · ...

York Liberty Bell

Old bell originally hung in Provincial Courthouse; now in the vestibule of this church. Announced the signing of Declaration of Independence and sessions of Congress when it met in York.

Marker is on N. Beaver Street, on the left when traveling ...

Bell Tower

The bell tower signaled the beginning and the end of most activities at the Palmer Memorial Institute.These included classes, farming, meals, lights-out, and community as well as campus emergencies.

Marker can be reached from 6136 Burlington Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Vereen Bell Highway

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This access road into the great Okefenokee Swamp was named by the Georgia Legislature (1946) in memory of VEREEN BELL, Lt. USNR, young Georgia patriot and writer, who by his novel “SWAMP WATER” gave to the world insights into this ...

Dorland - Bell Institute

Founded as Dorland Institute in 1887 by Dr. and Mrs. Luke Dorland. Taken over by Presbyterian Church U.S.A. in 1893. Became Dorland-Bell Institute in 1918 when consolidated with Bell Institute from Jewell Hill. Moved to Asheville in 1942 as part ...

Bell XP-59A Jet Aircraft

On Oct. 2, 1942, a Bell XP-59A Aircraft powered by Twin General Electric Type 1-A Engines introduced Jet Flight to America. This new age began here at Edwards Air Force Base as the XP-59A lifted from Rogers Dry Lake with ...

McCampbell House

Mary Alice Ward McCampbell, widow of William Berry McCampbell, purchased land at 1421 Water Street in the old Irishtown section of Corpus Christi in 1908. Soon thereafter she hired local architect and builder William F. Bowles to design and build ...

The Old Bell

Cast in Cincinnati about 1840, this bell was brought to Lima by way of the Miami Erie Canal and horse drawn wagon, and placed in Allen County's 1842 Courthouse. It rang the hour, announced births and deaths, called citizens to ...