Cast iron bell. 16-inch C.S. Bell Co.No.2 yoke

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	C.S. Bell Co. Hillsboro, Ohio weighs approximately 6o lbs. The yoke has been a weld has been done on the yoke and show in the picture. This weld was done by a professional has no effect on the functionality of the bell. C.S. Bell Co. was founded by Charles Singleton Bell. He operated a foundry in Hillsboro, Ohio, beginning in 1858. The company made farm equipment and stoves. One day, while working to develop a new type of metal alloy, Bell accidently dropped a piece of the metal and discovered it made a ringing sound like a bell. The company began making bells from the new alloy, and by the 1880s C.S. Bell was the largest producer of bells in North America. Most bronze bells are marked with the name of the company on the bell, but C.S. Bell always marked his cast iron bells on the yolk instead. The Bell family continued to operate the business until 1974.