Image: 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Exposition "Luminous Liberty Bell", Philadelphia, PA

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Description: The 80-foot tall "Luminous Liberty Bell" spanning Broad Street (at Johnson St), Philadelphia, PA, built in 47 days by Frank C. English & Sons in April-May, 1926, at a cost of $100,000 for the 1926 Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition. The bell was illuminated with 26,000 15-watt light bulbs set at six-inch centers and eight 200-watt projectors in the clapper. The structure contained 80 tons of steel resting on a foundation of 30-foot wooden pilings with a concrete capping. (Austin, E.L. and Odell Hauser. "The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition". Philadelphia: Current Publications, Inc. 1929, p. 67)
Title: 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Exposition "Luminous Liberty Bell", Philadelphia, PA
Credit: "A Pictorial Record of the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition Philadelphia Pennsylvania June 1st - December 1st Nineteen Hundred Twenty-Six Commemorating the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States" Philadelphia: John D. Cardinell (Official Photographer and Publisher) 1926 "The Cooper Collections " (uploader's private collection) Digitized by Centpacrr
Author: John D. Cardinell
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