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    June 20, 2024

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    Superlative bell/ A Bochum landmark turns 150

    It's hard to believe, but the cast steel bells of Bochum were not always admired by everyone. At the first major public appearance of a cast steel bell at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1855, its authenticity was actually questioned and it was claimed that it was not possible to make a bell of such dimensions out of cast steel.

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    June 20, 2024

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    Jacob Mayer, the inventor of the mold casting process for cast steel, had to travel from Bochum in person and demonstrate the authenticity of the bell to the doubters, including …
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    It is one of the oldest cast steel bells in existence and, with a diameter of 3.13 meters and a weight of 15 tons, is still one of the largest ever made. A superlative bell! The melodious cast steel bells began their triumphal march as part of the industrialization of the Ruhr area, as many new churches were being founded and the costs were only about half of those of a bronze bell. There was also a papal decree in 1858 that stated that bells made of cast steel could also be consecrated.
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