The World Peace Bell Newport, Ky (Warning Content is loud)

The Newport, Kentucky, World Peace Bell is one of more than twenty Peace Bells around the world. It weighs 30,000 kg (66,000 lb) and is 3.7 m (12 feet) wide. From 2000 until 2006, it was the largest swinging bell in the world. It was dedicated on December 31, 1999, and was first swung as the year 2000 opened. In keeping with its theme of world peace, the bell features an inscription commemorating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and engravings marking important events from the past 1,000 years.
The World Peace Bell was first rung in Nantes on March 20, 1999, in a public ceremony. It then underwent a month-and-a-half-long sea voyage from France to the U.S. port of New Orleans, Louisiana, where the bell was made part of that city's Fourth of July celebration. The bell was then transported by barge up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, making stops in 14 cities along the way and arriving at its final destination in northern Kentucky on August 1.[1] Its arrival coincided with the 1999 Tall Stacks Festival, held along the Cincinnati-Covington-Newport section of the Ohio River. This event was named the nation's "Top Tourism Event" by the American Bus Association in 1999.
For the first time in the U.S., the bell was rung by swinging on January 1, 2000, at midnight. Struck twelve times, its peal was heard for distances of about 25 miles (40 km). At present, the bell is swung on special occasions, as well as daily at five minutes before noon. The time difference in the daily ring is to avoid interference with the nearby courthouse bells, which ring exactly at noon.
The striker, which chimes the bell on the hour, is of cast iron and was produced at Cast-Fab Technologies, Inc., in Cincinnati, Ohio. A special iron was used to prevent the striker from damaging the bell when it hits the outside rim of the bell (see right side of photo). The striker allows the bell to be chimed without swinging it.
The bell tower, the bridge linking the museum and the bell, and most of the other components of the Millennium Monument, were produced at companies local to the Newport, Kentucky, area. The World Peace Bell Center is located at .425 York Street, Newport, Kentucky, 41071, USA

[@marctiltman9555]

The ancient craft of bell-making, mounted in a modern structure - beautiful...

[@SupaFlyFatGuy859]

That thing was SO ridiculously loud! And I WAS NOT ready for that at all! LOL

[@NewEraDad]

It scared the crap outta you bro im salty i didnt keep recording tho lol

[@lilylim1026]

WOW THAT'S VERY LOUD😊😊😊

[@h20fowler2012]

I need that as an alarm clock

[@NewEraDad]

Me too I have my phone with 5 alarms on it and my clock and i still dont get till the very last alarm setting lol... Thanks for watching lol

[@facingthewind]

Cool! I live near this! I've seen it go off in person!

[@worldPeaceBell.]

PEACE BELL!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hellothere6222]

IT'S THE UNDERTAKER

[@texaslonestarrider]

Yep it's loud!

[@NewEraDad]

The World Peace Bell Newport, Ky (Warning Content is loud)

[@louisfrey]

I was hoping like hell someone got this on video. Can you send me a copy

[@spongebobsquarepants4081]

It’s called the world bell of peace even though you can hear it almost a mile away.

[@j_y06]

I mean, it is a large bell

[@spongebobsquarepants4081]

ʝαу ʝαм6 true

[@theeye2661]

That is the most scariest sounding Bell I have ever heard

[@renemanjr123]

WAHT !!!!!

[@NewEraDad]

HUH!!!!!! lol

[@danielruby4527]

THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE PEACE👹

[@Nonob7716]

Hi my name is Gianna how many how many pounds is that bell

[@altoncurrie]

Gianna F2010 12 pounds

[@amezquitajose5]

My ears!😫😫😫

[@zabirwsb5515]

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[@giuseppecosentino5945]

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