Fact Sheet - Bells and Clocks of Independence Hall

Liberty Bell (original tower bell)

Bell maker(s):

• Thomas Lester and Thomas Pack of Whitechapel Foundry, London, 1752
• recast twice by John Pass and John Stow, Philadelphia, 1753

Weight: 2,080 lbs.
Diameter: 46.5 inches
Height: 3 feet
Composition: Predominantly copper and tin with some zinc and minute traces of antimony and silver

Wilbank Bell

Bell maker: John Wilbank, Philadelphia, 1828
Weight: 4,600 lbs.
Diameter: 61.5 inches

Centennial Bell

Bell maker: Meneely-Kimberly Foundry, Troy, New York, 1876
Weight: 13,000 lbs.
Diameter: 7 ft., 6 in.
Composition: Atlantic Mine (ore); Lake Superior copper; tin; 400 pounds of metal from: 1 American and 1 British cannon used at the Battle of Saratoga, and 1 Union and 1 Confederate cannon used at the Battle of Gettysburg

Stretch Clock

Clock maker: Thomas Stretch, Philadelphia, 1752-1753

Lukens Clock

Clock maker: Isaiah Lukens, Philadelphia, 1828

Centennial Clock

Clock maker: Seth Thomas, Thomaston, Connecticut
Mechanism weight: 6,000 lbs.
Dial diameter: 10 feet
Pendulum weight: 750 lbs.
Counterweights: 4,250 lbs. total