Meneely bell foundries
The Meneely Bell Foundry was a bell foundry established in 1826 in West Troy (now Watervliet), New York, by Andrew Meneely. Two of Andrew's sons continued to operate the foundry after his death, while a third son, Clinton H. Meneely, opened a second foundry across the river with George H. Kimberly in Troy, New York in 1870. Initially named the Meneely Bell Company of Troy, this second foundry was reorganized in 1880 as the Clinton H. Meneely Company, then again as the Meneely Bell Company. Together, the two foundries produced about 65,000 bells before they closed in 1952.[1][2]
First Presbyterian Church of Adrian-Adrian, Michigan. Bell cast 1846 and arrived on December 31. Weighing 1601 pounds, it was hoisted into positioned into place and rang in the New Year 1847.
Set of 10 bells cast in West Troy in 1901. Three bells added in 1966. All bells refurbished in 2008 by Christop Paccard Bellfoundries, Johns Island, South Carolina.
St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church, . Purchased in the late 1860's.
Pontiac, Illinois
has two bells, cast in 1847, the larger bell weighing 1,015 pounds, the small bell weighing 525 pounds.
Saint Michael's Church (Rochester, New York)
- large bell chimes the hour
Columbia High School (New Jersey)
. Set of 10 bells cast in West Troy in 1874.
Christ Episcopal Church, Reading, Pennsylvania
St. Mary Catholic Church, (this bell was in the original church, located on Greenwood Ave. in Bethel but was taken out of the steeple and placed on display behind the "new" church on Dodgingtown Road)
Bethel, Connecticut
Central United Methodist Church in
Endicott, New York
in Crockett, Texas. Bell was cast in 1859 and moved to current church in 1901. Bell is rung each Sunday.
First United Methodist Church
Friendship Fire Company #1, 29 Delaware Street, Woodbury, NJ. Cast in 1875 for the Woodbury Fire Association.
Immanuel Lutheran Church in
Madison, Nebraska
First Presbyterian Church of . Church built in 1812, 33", 700 pound Meneely Bell dated 1848.
Avon, New York
Jamesville Community Museum, former Episcopal church built in 1878 in
Jamesville, New York
Lovely Lane Chapel at Epworth By The Sea on . Chapel built in 1880 and the bell was cast in 1881.
St. Simons Island, Georgia
Faith Chapel on . Chapel built in 1904 and the bell was cast in 1901.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, formerly Deutsche Congregationale Zion Kirche (German Congregational Zion Church) in
Portland, Oregon
New York
Reformed Dutch Church of Claverack
Clock Tower in Rock Island, Illinois has a 3,538 lb bell stamped “1867 Meneelys’ West Troy, N.Y.”
Rock Island Arsenal
Saint Andrew's Catholic Church in has a 3,100 lb bell of ingot copper and East India tin in a 70-foot (21 m) tower.
Norwood, New York
Saint Anthony's Church in
Albany, New York
Saint Anthony's Church (Svateho Antonina) in Strossmayerovo Namesti,
Prague, Czech Republic
in San Jose, California "Cast to commemorate the California State Normal School in 1881, this 3,000-pound bell was rung at 8 a.m each morning until the earthquake that stilled its voice in 1903. In 1910, the bell was re-installed in the main building of the newly constructed Tower Hall, where it was rung on special occasions. In the early 1960s, seismic concerns led to its retirement and relocation at ground level."
San Jose State University
Wesley Knox United Church. .
Woodville, Nova Scotia
Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church,
Sherman, Texas
has a carillon in the National Patriots Bell Tower at Valley Forge National Historical Park
Washington Memorial Chapel
Eastern State Hospital Medical Library, Building No. 3, is the location of a Meneely Bell carrying the manufacturer's date of 1886. It was originally utilized to signify curfews and special events at the nation's oldest psychiatric hospital, established in 1773.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Mattawamkeag Church of God in
Mattawamkeag, Maine
Carlisle Presbyterian Church,
Carlisle, New York
Church of the Nativity,
Menlo Park, California
Toronto, Ontario. (This bell, cast in 1849, is unused and virtually inaccessible in the cupola of St Lawrence Hall.)
St Lawrence Hall
Laingsburg United Methodist Church, (1881 bell)
Laingsburg, Michigan
Lacon Congregational Church, (bell cast in 1890)
Lacon, Illinois
Wilder Center,
Wilder, Vermont
Saugerties Lighthouse,
Saugerties, New York
Church of the Ascension, . (1873 bell) Cast for Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, New York. Sold back to Meneely bell foundry and resold in 1888 to Church of the Ascension.
Rockville Centre, New York
Used as the Boys Camp bell at in Huntsville, Ontario. Originally Cast for Mountainside Gospel Chapel in Mountainside, New Jersey and later donated to Camp Mini-Yo-We upon amalgamation with Liquid Church.
Camp Mini-Yo-We
West Point Cadet Chapel, West Point, NY.
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Below is a sample of locations where Meneely Bell Foundry bells can be found:
Below is a sample of locations where bells from the second Meneely bell foundry can be seen and heard:
Columbian Liberty Bell[edit]
The Columbian Liberty Bell was cast by Clinton H. Meneely's foundry for display at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The bell disappeared while on tour in Europe.[11] [12]
Saint Anthony’s Church Bell, Prague, Czech Republic[edit]
The Meneely bell that hangs in St Anthony's Church in Prague was purchased by the Mid-European Union in October 1918 to commemorate the independence of Czechoslovakia after World War I and donated to the group's president, Thomas Masaryk, who became the head of the country's provisional government and, in 1920, the Czechoslovak president. The bell cost $2,000 and weighed 2,542 pounds (1,155 kg).
Benjamin Hanks (1755-1824), goldsmith and instrument maker
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(a concise chapter in the general article Campanology)