Index to carillons and chimes by Meneely (Watervliet)

The Meneely (Watervliet) foundry, which closed about 1950, provided bells for various carillons and chimes throughout the Western hemisphere.  It is not to be confused with the Meneely (Troy) foundry; though the families which operated the two foundries were related, there was intense competition between them.  Contributing to the confusion is the fact that Watervliet was originally known as West Troy.  See the bottom of this page for additional historical notes on the origin and development of this bellfoundry and on the various names used by it.

For an explanation of what this index contains (and does NOT contain), and of the additional details on each entry, see the Bellfoundry Indexes Advice.


Meneely, West Troy / Watervliet, New York, USA

The dates of casting of chimes in this group are unknown.  When a date for one of these chimes is discovered, it will be moved into the appropriate section below.
EDGERTON                      : USA - OH     ???? C [chime]
   Trinity Church 
JOHNSON CITY                  : USA - NY     ???? E  chime
   St.James' Catholic Church 
LEWISTON                      : USA - ME     ???? C  chime
   St.Joseph's Catholic Church 

Meneelys', West Troy, New York, USA (?-1873)

The name "Meneelys'" seems to have been a trade name.  It is certain that it was in use during at least part of the period when the proprietorship of the foundry was in the hands of "Andrew Meneely's Sons" (1851-63) as well as that of "E.A. & G.R. Meneely" (1863-74).  (See historical notes below.)
It is not certain that "Meneelys'" is the actual name which appears on the bells of all the chimes in this group.  They are tentatively collected under this heading for convenience, and may be rearranged in the future.
NEW YORK - TC/1               : USA - NY     1848 R  ring/chime
   Trinity Parish Church (Episcopal) 
     (sometimes called Holy Trinity) 
SAVANNAH                      : USA - GA     1854 F  non-trad*
   St.John's Episcopal Church 
CLEVELAND - T                 : USA - OH     1854 C [chime]
   Trinity Episcopal Church 
   (now Trinity Cathedral) 
BATH                          : USA - ME     1856 C [chime]
   Grace Episcopal Church
BUFFALO - STP                 : USA - NY     1856 F  (ring*)
   St.Paul's Episcopal Church
PORTLAND - STL                : USA - ME     1856 C [chime]
   St.Lawrence Congregational Church 
   (formerly Union Congregational?) 
BUFFALO - STP                 : USA - NY     1857 I (ring*)
   St.Paul's Episcopal Church
NEWARK - STJO                 : USA - NJ     1859 C  chime
   St.John's Catholic Church 
INDIANAPOLIS - CCC            : USA - IN     1860 F  chime
   Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal)
PETERSBURG                    : USA - VA     1860 C  chime
   St.Paul's Episcopal Church 
ROCHESTER - STP               : USA - NY     1860 C (chime)
   SS.Peter & Paul Catholic Church 
ALBANY - IC                   : USA - NY     1862 C  chime
   North tower 
   Immaculate Conception Cathedral (RC) 
PATERSON - STJ                : USA - NJ     1862 F  chime
   Cathedral of St.John the Baptist (RC) 
PITTSBURGH - T                : USA - PA     1864 F  clock(4)
   Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 
TORONTO - STJA/1              : CANADA - ON  1865 F  chime
   Upper belfry 
   St.James Cathedral 
DERBY                         : USA - CT     1867 F  chime
   Immanuel St.James Episcopal Church 
CONCORD - C                   : USA - NH     1868 F  chime
   St.Paul's Episcopal Church 
ITHACA                        : USA - NY     1868 F  chime
   The Cornell Chimes
   McGraw Tower 
   Uris Library (formerly Main Library) 
   Cornell University 
UTICA - STP                   : USA - NY     1868 C  chime
   St.Joseph & St.Patrick RC Church 
YORK                          : USA - PA     1868 C  chime
   Trinity Church (UCC) 
   (formerly Trinity Reformed Church) 
BROOKLYN - STAE               : USA - NY     1869 C  chime
   Middle School Building
   (was St.Ann's Episcopal Church)
   Packer Collegiate Institute
HARTFORD - CGS                : USA - CT     1869 C  chime
   Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal)
ITHACA                        : USA - NY     1869 I  chime
   The Cornell Chimes
   McGraw Tower 
   Uris Library (formerly Main Library) 
   Cornell University 
ROCHESTER - STP               : USA - NY     1869 C  chime
   SS.Peter & Paul Catholic Church 
TROY - W                      : USA - NY     1869 C  chime
   Contemporary Artists Center
   (was Woodside Presbyterian Church)
NEW BRUNSWICK - STP           : USA - NJ     1870 C  chime
   St.Peter the Apostle Catholic Church 
TROY - A                      : USA - NY     1870 C  chime
   Church of the Ascension (Episcopal)  
TROY - STJOH                  : USA - NY     1870 F  chime
   St.John's Episcopal Church 
UTICA - G                     : USA - NY     1870 F  chime
   Grace Episcopal Church 
HOOSICK FALLS                 : USA - NY     1871 C  chime
   St.Mark's Episcopal Church 
PITTSBURGH - T                : USA - PA     1871 F* chime
   Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 
   * (added 5 to existing 4)
WATERBURY - STJ               : USA - CT     1871 F  chime
   St.John's Episcopal Church 
NEW YORK - G                  : USA - NY     1873 F  chime
   Grace Episcopal Church 

Meneely & Co., West Troy, New York, USA (1874-96)

NEW YORK - STT                : USA - NY     1874 C (chime)
   St.Thomas Church (Episcopal)
READING - CC                  : USA - PA     1874 C  chime
   Christ Episcopal Church 
PITTSBURGH - T                : USA - PA     1874 E  chime
   Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 
SAN FRANCISCO - STP           : USA - CA     1874 C (chime)
   St.Patrick's Catholic Church 
AUBURN                        : USA - NY     1875 C  chime
   Episcopal Church of SS.Peter & John 
     (was St.Peter's Episcopal Church) 
NEWARK - STM                  : USA - NJ     1875 C  chime
   St.Michael's Catholic Church
NEWARK - STP                  : USA - NJ     1875 C  chime
   St.Patrick's Pro-Cathedral (RC) 
   includes work from 1862
NORWICH                       : USA - CT     1876 C  chime
   Park Congregational Church (UCC)
STOCKBRIDGE                   : USA - MA     1878 F  chime
   Dudley Field Memorial Tower 
   (also called "Children's Chime Tower") 
DEDHAM                        : USA - MA     1881 C  chime
   St.Paul's Episcopal Church 
NEW BEDFORD - G               : USA - MA     1882 C  chime
   Grace Episcopal Church 
FALL RIVER - HS               : USA - MA     1886 F  chime
   B.M.C. Durfee High School  [new]
NEW YORK - STAL               : USA - NY     1888 C  chime
   St.Aloysius Church 
INDIANAPOLIS - CCC            : USA - IN     1890 E  chime
   Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal)
NEW YORK - STAN               : USA - NY     1890 C  chime
   The Seguin Chimes
   St.Andrew's Episcopal Church 
NEW YORK - STMI               : USA - NY     1891 C  chime
   St.Michael's Episcopal Church 
SCRANTON - EP                 : USA - PA     1892 C  chime
   Elm Park United Methodist Church 
   (formerly First Methodist Church) 
PHILADELPHIA - STL            : USA - PA     1892 F  chime
   St.Luke's Episcopal Church 
SACKETS HARBOR                : USA - NY     1893 C (chime)
   The Dewitt C. Hay Memorial Tower
   United Presbyterian Church 
HAVERSTRAW                    : USA - NY     1896 C  chime
   St.Peter's Catholic Church 

Meneely & Co., Watervliet, New York, USA (1896-1950)

The name "West Troy" continued to appear on this firm's bells and related equipment for some time after the name of the town was changed to Watervliet in 1896.  It is not known when "West Troy" was last used.
BRISTOL                       : USA - RI     1897 F  chime
   St.Michael's Church (Episcopal)
PHILADELPHIA - STT            : USA - PA     1897 F  chime
   St.Timothy's Episcopal Church 
NEWTON CENTER                 : USA - MA     1898 F  chime
   First Baptist Church in Newton (ABC)
BRISTOL                       : USA - RI     1899 I  chime
   St.Michael's Church (Episcopal)
CLEVELAND - STP               : USA - OH     1899 C  chime
   St.Patrick's RC Church (Bridge Avenue)
SACKETS HARBOR                : USA - NY     1899 C  chime
   The Dewitt C. Hay Memorial Tower
   United Presbyterian Church 
TOLEDO - STJ                  : USA - OH     1900 C  chime
   St.Joseph's French Church 
CHARLESTON - STMA             : USA - SC     1901 F  chime
   St.Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) 
GREENVILLE - FU/1             : USA - SC     1901 C [chime]
   Furman University  (old campus)
KITCHENER - STP               : CANADA - ON  1901 C  chime
   St.Peter's Evang. Lutheran Church (ELCC)
HARTFORD - CGS                : USA - CT     1902 R  chime
   Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal)
CLINTON                       : USA - MA     1902 C  chime
   St.John the Evangelist RC Church 
LUNENBURG                     : CANADA - NS  1902 C  chime
   St.John's Anglican Church 
OSKALOOSA - STJ               : USA - IA     1902 C  chime
   St.James' Episcopal Church 
SCITUATE                      : USA - MA     1902 C  chime
   The Lawson Tower 
   (originally Observatory Tower, 
     Dreamwold, Egypt) 
VINELAND                      : USA - NJ     1902 C  chime
   Trinity Episcopal Church 
BINGHAMTON - C                : USA - NY     1903 C  chime
   Christ Episcopal Church 
ERIE - SPE                    : USA - PA     1903 C  chime
   St.Peter Cathedral (RC) 
GREAT NECK                    : USA - NY     1903 C  chime
   All Saints' Episcopal Church 
LITTLE ROCK - CC              : USA - AR     1903 C [chime]
   Christ Church (Episcopal)
PHILADELPHIA - STSI           : USA - PA     1903 C [chime]
   St.Simeon's Lutheran Church
COBOURG                       : CANADA - ON  1904 F  chime
   St.Peter's Anglican Church
NEW BRITAIN - SCC             : USA - CT     1904 C  chime
   South Congregational-First Baptist Church (UCC/ABC)
PHILADELPHIA - STCB           : USA - PA     1904 C  chime
   Church of St.Charles Borromeo (RC) 
BIRMINGHAM --                 : USA - MI     1905 C (chime)
   St.James Episcopal Church 
COBOURG                       : CANADA - ON  1905 E  chime
   St.Peter's Anglican Church
GEORGETOWN                    : GUYANA       1905 C [chime]
   Sacred Heart Catholic Church 
NEW HAVEN - C                 : USA - CT     1905 C  chime
   Christ Episcopal Church 
SAN JOSE                      : USA - CA     1905*F  trad*
   Trinity Chime
   Trinity Cathedral 
   (formerly Trinity Episcopal Church)
   includes work from 1879 and 1880
SAULT SAINTE MARIE            : USA - MI     1905 C  chime
   St.James' Episcopal Church 
HAMILTON - STP                : CANADA - ON  1906 C  chime
   St.Paul's Presbyterian Church 
PLAINFIELD                    : USA - IL     1906 F  trad#
   Plainfield United Methodist Church 
SALINA                        : USA - KS     1906 F  non-trad*
   Christ Episcopal Cathedral 
TRURO                         : CANADA - NS  1906 C  chime
   St.John the Evangelist Anglican Church 
DURHAM - MMC                  : USA - NC     1907 C  chime
   Duke Memorial United Methodist Church 
WINONA                        : USA - MN     1907 C  chime
   Winona United Methodist Church
   (was Central United Methodist Church)
ITHACA                        : USA - NY     1908 I  chime
   The Cornell Chimes
   McGraw Tower 
   Uris Library (formerly Main Library) 
   Cornell University 
LYNCHBURG - C                 : USA - VA     1908 C  chime
   Court Street United Methodist Church 
PASADENA - PP                 : USA - CA     1908 C  chime
   Pasadena Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
SAN DIEGO - FM                : USA - CA     1908 F  chime
   Hartupee-Irwin Bells
   First United Methodist Church 
SIOUX CITY - G                : USA - IA     1908 C [chime]
   Grace Methodist Church
YARMOUTH                      : CANADA - NS  1908 C  chime
   Holy Trinity Anglican Church 
CHESTER                       : USA - PA     1909 C  chime
   St.Paul's Episcopal Church 
DANVILLE                      : USA - VA     1909 C  chime
   Main Street United Methodist Church 
FORT WILLIAM                  : CANADA - ON  1909 C  chime
   St.Paul's Anglican Church 
PETROLIA                      : CANADA - ON  1909 C  chime
   Christ Church (Anglican) 
STRATFORD                     : CANADA - ON  1909 F  chime
   St.James' Anglican Church 
YONKERS - STA                 : USA - NY     1909 C  chime
   St.Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church / 
     Iglesia San Andres 
HOPEDALE                      : USA - MA     1910 C  chime
   Hopedale Unitarian Church 
LEECHBURG                     : USA - PA     1910 F  non-trad#
   First Evangelical Lutheran Church 
MANISTEE                      : USA - MI     1910 C  chime
   Guardian Angels RC Church 
MARION                        : USA - IN     1910 C  chime
   J. Wood Wilson Chimes
   God's House Ministries 
   (was First Presbyterian Church of 
     Grant County) 
ROXBURY                       : USA - MA     1910 C  chime
   Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help 
     (Roman Catholic Mission Church)
CONNELLSVILLE                 : USA - PA     1911 C [chime]
   Trinity Evang. Lutheran Church (ELCA) 
SAVANNAH                      : USA - GA     1911 I  non-trad*
   St.John's Episcopal Church 
YONKERS - IC                  : USA - NY     1911 C  chime
   Immaculate Conception (St.Mary's) 
     Catholic Church 
HARTFORD - CCC                : USA - CT     1912 C  chime
   Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) 
MISHAWAKA                     : USA - IN     1912 C  chime
   First United Methodist Church 
PORT HOPE                     : CANADA - ON  1912 C  chime
   St.Paul's Presbyterian Church 
SEATTLE - UW                  : USA - WA     1912 C [chime]
   University of Washington
WINNETKA                      : USA - IL     1912 C  chime
   Christ Episcopal Church 
KINGSTON                      : USA - NY     1913 C  chime
   Evangelical Lutheran Church of the
     Redeemer (ELCA) 
PORTSMOUTH                    : USA - OH     1914 C  chime
   Holy Redeemer Catholic Church 
SAN FRANCISCO - STP           : USA - CA     1914 C  chime
   St.Patrick's Catholic Church 
MIDDLEBURY                    : USA - VT     1915 F  trad*
   Mead Memorial Chapel 
   Middlebury College 
PHILADELPHIA - STMKF          : USA - PA     1915 C  chime
   St.Mark's Episcopal Church (Frankford)
ENDICOTT                      : USA - NY     1916 C  chime
   First United Methodist Church 
PHILADELPHIA - STF            : USA - PA     1916 C  chime
   St.Francis de Sales Catholic Church 
JOHNSON CITY                  : USA - NY     1917 F  chime
   St.James' Catholic Church 
LARAMIE                       : USA - WY     1917 C  chime
   St.Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral 
   (formerly St.Matthew's Church)
NEWTON CENTER                 : USA - MA     1917 E  chime
   First Baptist Church in Newton (ABC)
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE           : CANADA - ON  1917*F  chime
   St.Mark's Anglican Church 
   *  Some bells supplied in 1877.
OSHKOSH                       : USA - WI     1917 C  chime
   Trinity Episcopal Church 
STAMFORD - STJ                : USA - CT     1917 C  chime
   St.John's Episcopal Church 
LARCHMONT - STJ               : USA - NY     1918 C  chime
   St.John's Episcopal Church 
ARDMORE                       : USA - OK     1919 C  chime
   First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) 
BRONX - OLM                   : USA - NY     1919 C  chime
   Our Lady of Mercy School 
MILTON                        : USA - MA     1920*F  chime
   St.Agatha's RC Church
   * made for another site 
WILMINGTON - G                : USA - DE     1920 F  chime
   Grace United Methodist Church 
WILMINGTON - G                : USA - DE     19?? E  chime
   Grace United Methodist Church 
CANAJOHARIE                   : USA - NY     1922 C  chime
   Canajoharie United Methodist Church 
   (originally First Methodist Church) 
FORT WAYNE - E                : USA - IN     1922 C  chime
   Becker Memorial Chimes
   Emmaus Evang. Lutheran Church (LCMS)
OAK PARK - G                  : USA - IL     1922 C  chime
   Grace Episcopal Church 
WASHINGTON - CE               : USA - DC     1922 C  chime
   Church of the Epiphany (Episcopal) 
AUGUSTA - STP                 : USA - GA     1923 F  chime
   St.Paul's Episcopal Church 
BRUNSWICK                     : USA - ME     1923 F  chime
   Payson Memorial Chimes
   Chapel 
   Bowdoin College 
CRISFIELD                     : USA - MD     1923 C  chime
   Asbury United Methodist Church 
EAST GREENWICH                : USA - RI     1923 C  chime
   St.Luke's Episcopal Church 
BROOKLYN - STTH               : USA - NY     1924 C  chimola
   St.Thomas' Episcopal Church 
BUFFALO - STP                 : USA - NY     1924 E  chime
   St.Paul's Episcopal Cathedral 
   (originally St.Paul's Episcopal Church)
PLATTSBURGH - M               : USA - NY     1924 C [chime]
   First United Methodist Church 
AUGUSTA --                    : USA - ME     1925 C  chime
   St.Mark's Episcopal Church 
RIDGEWOOD                     : USA - NY     1925 C  chime
   St.Aloysius Catholic Church 
SCHENECTADY - UC              : USA - NY     1925 C  chimola
   Memorial Chapel Cupola 
   Union College 
WILMINGTON - T                : USA - DE     1925 F  chime
   Trinity Episcopal Church 
WILMINGTON - T                : USA - DE     19?? E  chime
   Trinity Episcopal Church 
CENTRAL FALLS                 : USA - RI     1926 C  chime
   St.George's Episcopal Church 
CIRCLEVILLE                   : USA - OH     1926 C  chime
   William Foresman Chime
   Pickaway County Courthouse 
CEDAR FALLS                   : USA - IA     1926 F  trad*
   Campanile 
   University of Northern Iowa 
MALONE                        : USA - NY     1926 E  chime
   Howard Memorial Chimes
   First Congregational Church (UCC) 
SAINT PAUL - HHPC             : USA - MN     1926 R  trad
   Noyes Memorial Carillon
   House of Hope Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
VALLEY FORGE                  : USA - PA     1926 F  trad*
   Washington Memorial National Carillon
   National Patriots Bell Tower
   Washington Memorial Chapel (Episcopal)
   Valley Forge National Historical Park 
WATERVLIET                    : USA - NY     1926 C  chimola
   Watervliet Historical Society
   relocated from Bangor PA in 2006,
   then from Fulton County NY in 2013
HONEOYE FALLS                 : USA - NY     1927 C  chime
   St.John's Episcopal Church 
NEWARK - BSC                  : USA - NJ     1927 C  chimola
   Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church 
PALM BEACH                    : USA - FL     1927 C  chime
   Bethesda-by-the-Sea Church (Episcopal)
ROCHESTER - TP                : USA - NY     1927 C  chime
   Third Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
WALLINGFORD - F               : USA - CT     1927 C  chime
   Yale Memorial Chime
   First Congregational Church 
     of Wallingford (UCC) 
WINCHESTER - U                : USA - MA     1927 C  chime
   Unitarian Church of Winchester 
   (First Unitarian Church) 
BROOKLYN - STBA               : USA - NY     1928 C  chimola
   St.Bartholomew's Episcopal Church 
DREXEL HILL                   : USA - PA     1928 C  chime
   Collenbrook United Church 
   (was Northminster Presby. Church, Federated)
   originally in Philadelphia
ITHACA                        : USA - NY     1928 I  chime
   The Cornell Chimes
   McGraw Tower 
   Uris Library (formerly Main Library) 
   Cornell University 
DANBURY - STJ                 : USA - CT     1928 F  trad*
   Ella S. Bulkley Memorial Carillon
   St.James Episcopal Church 
DANBURY - STJ                 : USA - CT     1928 I  trad
   Ella S. Bulkley Memorial Carillon
   St.James Episcopal Church 
TORONTO - STJA/1              : CANADA - ON  1928 E  chime
   Upper belfry 
   St.James Cathedral 
CONSHOHOCKEN                  : USA - PA     1929 F [chime]
   Saylor Memorial Chime
   Calvary Episcopal Church 
GWYNEDD                       : USA - PA     1929 F  chime
   Episcopal Church of the Messiah 
UPPER MONTCLAIR - PC          : USA - NJ     1929 C  chime
   The Presbyterian Church of 
     Upper Montclair (PCUSA) 
HOLLAND                       : USA - PA     1930 F  trad
   Henry D. Schneider Memorial Carillon
   Trinity Reformed Church (UCC) 
DIAMOND POINT                 : USA - NY     1930 C  chime
   Diamond Point Community Church 
PAOLI                         : USA - PA     1930 C  chime
   Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan 
MONROVIA                      : USA - CA     1931 C  chime
   St.Luke's Episcopal Church 
STORRS - CC                   : USA - CT     1931 F  trad
   Austin Cornelius Dunham Memorial Carillon
   Storrs Congregational Church (UCC)
VALLEY FORGE                  : USA - PA     1931 I  trad
   Washington Memorial National Carillon
   National Patriots Bell Tower
   Washington Memorial Chapel (Episcopal)
   Valley Forge National Historical Park 
FAYETTEVILLE - FP             : USA - NC     1934 F  chime
   Ray Memorial Chimes
   First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) 
ROCKVILLE                     : USA - CT     1934 C  chime
   Union Congregational Church (UCC)
NEW WILMINGTON                : USA - PA     1935 F  trad*
   Duff-Armington Memorial Carillon
   Old Main Building 
   Westminster College 
AUSTIN - UT/2                 : USA - TX     1936 F  trad*
   Kniker Carillon
   Main Building 
   The University of Texas 
DANBURY - STJ                 : USA - CT     1936 E  trad
   Ella S. Bulkley Memorial Carillon
   St.James Episcopal Church 
WILMINGTON - N                : USA - DE     1936 C  non-trad
   Nemours Carillon
   Alfred I. duPont Institute-Children's Hospital 
INDEPENDENCE                  : USA - MO     1937 F  chime
   First Presbyterian Church 
JACKSON                       : USA - MS     1937 F  chime
   St.Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral 
ROCHESTER - CRDS              : USA - NY     1937 C  chime
   Colgate Rochester Crozer 
     Divinity School (Baptist)
PATERSON - STJ                : USA - NJ     1938 E  chime
   Cathedral of St.John the Baptist (RC) 
CAMDEN                        : USA - ME     1939 C  chime
   St.Thomas' Episcopal Church 
ITHACA                        : USA - NY     1939 I  chime
   The Cornell Chimes
   McGraw Tower 
   Uris Library (formerly Main Library) 
   Cornell University 
SAVANNAH                      : USA - GA     1939 I  non-trad*
   St.John's Episcopal Church 
BUCYRUS                       : USA - OH     1940 F  chime
   The John Q. Shunk Memorial
   Aumiller Park 
PROVIDENCE - G                : USA - RI     1940 R  chime
   Grace Church in Providence (Episcopal)
DANVILLE                      : USA - KY     1941 C  chime
   Lexington Avenue Baptist Church (SBC)
FREDERICK - BP                : USA - MD     1941 F  trad*
   The Joseph Dill Baker Memorial Carillon
   Baker Park 
JACKSONVILLE                  : USA - FL     1948 C  chime
   St.John's Episcopal Cathedral 
NEW CANAAN                    : USA - CT     1948 F (chime)
   St.Mark's Episcopal Church 

Historical Notes:

The bellfoundry which we have designated "Meneely (Watervliet)" actually began in 1826 in the village of Gibbonsville, New York.  This village was on the west bank of the Hudson River, a few miles north of the city of Albany.  It was also a few miles south of the Mohawk River, which was the eastern terminus of the Erie Canal, opened in 1825 as a major transportation route to the west.  Gibbonsville was later incorporated into the town of West Troy, which in 1896 was renamed Watervliet.

The proprietorship of this bellfoundry changed over the course of its first half-century of operation as follows:

It isn't known how consistently the markings on bells and equipment followed the changes in proprietorship.  However, numerous bells and fittings from various years are marked simply "Meneelys'".

The bellfoundry which we have designated "Meneely (Troy)", referenced in the first paragraph on this page, was operated by Clinton Hanks Meneely, the third son of Andrew Meneely.  Both firms manufactured a variety of other metal products at various times.  The two Meneely foundries had no connection other than the blood relationships of their principals.  They competed vigorously (and sometimes bitterly) with each other throughout their dual existence.

Historic marker at the location of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry, with extensive photos and descriptions.

The interconnections between the Meneelys and the several Hanks bellfounders and industrialists are shown in a different manner on a Hanks genealogy page.


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