Great George
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Great George
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 11 Sep 2010
The bell at the top of the Wills Memorial Tower, University of Bristol, Park Street. Perhaps as familiar a voice in the centre of Bristol as Big Ben is in London, this mighty bell was cast by John Taylor of Loughborough in 1924. It originally weighed over eleven tons, but was trimmed down to nine and a half after tuning. That makes it the sixth heaviest in Britain. It is named Great George after a trio of Georges - tower architect Sir George Oatley, tobacco baron George Wills and monarch George V.
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51.456398
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-2.60458