
Fire Bell - Cridersville, OH
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DnRseekers
N 40° 39.246 W 084° 08.632
16T E 741472 N 4504283
This bell was cast in 1890 and used to call volunteers to man the buckets to fight fires in Cridersville which has quite a history of destructive fires for such a small town.
Waymark Code: WMCDM1
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2011
Views: 2
The bell originally sat atop the town hall on Gay Street. It was retired in 1944 when replaced by an electric siren.
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