Muscogee County GaArchives Photo Place.....Bell Tower ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Christine Thacker http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00033.html#0008100 August 29, 2007, 3:22 pm Source: Sesquicentennial- Ledger-Enquirer Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/muscogee/photos/belltowe13954gph.jpg Image file size: 154.1 Kb Dismantled in 1905, the 90-foot bell tower was erected at the corner of Broad and 11th Street in 1882. Its bell was rung daily at 11 o'clock, a civic duty provided by the late Carl Schomburg, a prominent jeweler. The bell was rung in case of fire, four times for the Fourth Ward, five times for the Fifth Ward, etc. Special Sesquicentennial Supplement 1 Ledger-Enquirer, Sunday, April 16, 1978 Page S10 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/muscogee/photos/belltowe13954gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb