HALIFAX - UM : CANADA - NS

   The Halifax Explosion Memorial
     Bell Tower

*Location:

   Fort Needham Memorial Park
   - and -
   The United Memorial Church
   Novalea Drive NW of Young Street
   LL: N 44.66574, W 63.60112
   - and -
   5350 Young Street
   LL: N 44.66294, W 63.59871
   Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Site locator map (present location)  or   or  Bing Maps
In Bing's birdseye view, pan to the lower right to find the original location, where Union Street reaches Young Street.)

Site locator map (original location)  or   or  Bing Maps
In Bing's birdseye view, the truncation of the former bell tower is obvious.
Also see our own Map Use Hints.

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   The United Memorial Church
   5350 Young Street
   Halifax, NS  B3K 1Z4
   T: (902)454-0508

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Original 10 bells were in church until
   structural problems with that tower
   forced their removal; park tower was
   completed in 1985, and four more bells
   were added later.
   Bells are located in park, and can be
   operated from either the tower base or
   the church, which originated as a
   merger of Kaye Street Methodist and
   Grove Presbyterian churches.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The instrument was enlarged in 19__
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1921, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The Halifax Explosion Memorial Bell Tower is pictured and described on a tour of Halifax.  It's shown in context here.

A Halifax municipal page has a different photo plus history.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NS.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Dec-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/07/29
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/06/30

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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