UNC Bell Tower, Chapel Hill, NC
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showbizkid
N 35° 54.516 W 079° 02.953
17S E 676032 N 3975568
The University of North Carolina's "Town Clock" is the Bell Tower.
Waymark Code: WM5M2
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2006
Views: 185
The Bell Tower was built in 1931, is 167 feet tall and contains a dozen bells weighing from 200 to 3,500 pounds each. The bells were manually played until they were programmed to play solo in 1967.
The Tower was a gift of John Motley Morehead, class of 1891, and Rufus Lenoir Patterson, class of 1893. Tradition has it that Morehead wanted to build Wilson Library, but Wilson donated the money first.
Every fifteen minutes the bells chime, and several times a day it plays various songs. It is a tradition for seniors to climb the belltower during senior week.
For those who hunt such things, the Bell Tower is also a USGS benchmark
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