SH Archive Single photo: 1892 Bells of the Library of Congress

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Below is the Library of Congress under construction. Allegedly circa 1892.

Any idea what those bells (6? - 7?) are doing there. Do we have any bells in the Library of Congress?

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Library of Congress construction with Capitol Dome

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Username: BrokenAgate
Date: 2019-03-14 00:29:13
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Never heard of any bells on the Library of Congress, or anywhere on or in the Capitol Building. I wonder what happened to them.

 

[Whitewave]

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Username: whitewave
Date: 2019-03-14 15:24:46
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Plissken mentions them on her LOC thread and says the official story is they were used to direct the workers on where to place bricks. LOL. Expensive bells are just better than whistling and pointing, don't you agree?

 

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Username: KorbenDallas
Date: 2019-03-14 15:58:18
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I think the signaling was her guess. Bells are weird in general, I doubt we understand the original purpose of all of them.

 

[anotherlayer]

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Username: anotherlayer
Date: 2019-03-14 16:07:53
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Little write-up on this "signal bell"...

 

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Username: KorbenDallas
Date: 2019-03-14 16:49:55
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Interesting piece of info @anotherlayer.

We have too many bells in the image to account for signalling alone, IMHO.

 

[anotherlayer]

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Username: anotherlayer
Date: 2019-03-14 17:51:54
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Interesting piece of info @anotherlayer.

We have too many bells in the image to account for signalling alone, IMHO.

Agreed. That is way overkill for a warning system (to save one worker).

 

[Plissken]

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Username: Plissken
Date: 2019-03-19 18:48:09
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Interesting piece of info @anotherlayer.

We have too many bells in the image to account for signalling alone, IMHO.

I was thinking the same thing when I read the conclusion about these bells being used for directing workmen. I'll post it here:



The article is from the Library of Congress Information bulletin. For a organization dedicated to preserving history, they sure do make a lot of guesses about their building's own history.

Plissken