Bells

I spotted a lovely picture in the thrift store over across the river today. Nicely framed and in excellent condition it is a picture of the 1856 SS Queen Victoria Bell hanging on a rope with the ocean and the Prospect Harbor Lighthouse in the background. I inquired about it in the library in Sullivan and they directed me to this place in Prospect Harbor. It was closed and the parking lot seen here was covered in a thick, rough coating of frozen slush from our latest storm. But hey, now that I know where it is, I won't forget. Maybe next summer we'll pay this place a visit:

Our Bell Process

The US Bells Store

Update 2/16:

Here's an article with the identical picture:

Canada's 'Liberty Bell' repatriated — briefly — from Maine town for exhibition at Museum of History (with video)

I haven't been able to confirm this but the librarians in Sullivan told me that the original bell is now in Canada after a long battle by Canada to "repatriate" it from the town of Gouldsboro, Maine (Prospect Harbor).