
Westlake Village Bell - Westlake Village, CA, USA
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N 34° 08.899 W 118° 49.134
11S E 332310 N 3780094
One of the El Camino Real Bells on the route. It is located on the SE corner of Agoura Rd and Lakeview Canyon Rd.
Waymark Code: WM17G8N
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2023
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Finding a Bell which had not yet been posted.... not an easy task. I searched the internet and found this nice map. Compared it to the ones posted and actually found 2 which were on my route from San Diego to San Francisco. This is the one I picked to post.
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About the bells:
"In the early twentieth century, organizations and government agencies became interested in creating official designations or commemorations of roads and highways. Given the lack of standardized highway signs at the time, it was decided to place distinctive bells along the route, hung on supports in the form of an 11-foot (3.4 m) high shepherd's crook, also described as "a Franciscan walking stick". The bells were designed by Mrs ASC Forbes, who also owned the California Bell Company where they were cast. The first of 450 bells were unveiled on August 15, 1906, at the Plaza Church in the Pueblo near Olvera Street in Los Angeles."
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I tried to figure out which bell it is. I used this site (
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