*Location:

   City Hall Bell Tower
   City Hall
   Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Site locator map not yet available.

*Contact:

   Mayor's Office
   One Government Center
   Fall River, MA  02722
   T: 508-324-2600
   - or -
   508-324-2000 [General Information]

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Gift of Samuel Watson in memory of his
   wife, Betty Rowbottom Watson;
   chimestand was immediately below the
   belfry; installed by John J. Males
   of Baltimore; dedication chimest [sic]
   was F.L.Speiden of Louisville, Ky.
   Added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th.
   Three bells from chime plus hour bell
   installed in freestanding tower
   in 1981; others stored with bells from
   FALL RIVER - HS (see above).
   Rededicated 1992.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  4 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   Bells were removed (as described in Remarks above) in 1981
   Prior history:
     In 1908, the complete instrument of 11 bells was installed
       with bells made by McShane         
       (4 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was D# in the middle octave
       There were two added semitones
   Auxiliary mechanisms: QnC   
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  . meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    4 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  10 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

a waymarking page has a photo of the bell tower and a brass reproductions donor plaque.  (The original donor plaque, in the old city hall, was marble, and much larger.)

More information about this site may be available on the page of North American sites that are degraded.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane bellfoundry.

   This page was built from the database on  1-Aug-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/09/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/07/27