Former Union Presbyterian Church Bell - Powell, WY
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N 44° 45.336 W 108° 45.445
12T E 677500 N 4958247
Along East 3rd Avenue at Bent Street in Powell, Wyoming, this "old" stone church isn't really all that old.
Waymark Code: WM10CAN
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2019
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Founded February 14, 1909, this is, for two obvious reasons, not the first church of this congregation. One hint is given by a large old cast iron bell displayed in front of the church; another by the fact that the church's cornerstone is dated "1953". The church's online presence consists only of a Facebook page, so information from it consists solely of the fact that it was Founded on February 14, 1909.
The bell in question is a 44 inch cast iron bell, cast in Northville, Michigan by the American Bell Foundry Company. The American Bell Foundry produced several sizes of church bells from 1896 to 1920. The company was sold in 1920 to the J.B. Foote Foundry of Ohio and in 1924 it became the Bell Furnace & Manufacturing Co. Bell making likely was ended by the company in 1924.
The bell is part of the church's elaborate sign, which includes the sign, suspended between two square stone pillars, between which, at the top hangs the bell on its original yoke.
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