Word: verdine
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...Verdin estimated a cost of $100,000 to reinforce the belfry and then take out the bells...
Because the largest three bells—Mother Earth, along with a 6.5-ton and a 2.5-ton bell—won’t fit through the openings on the side of the tower, Verdin said, one of the columns around the bells would have to be removed...
...issue is the cost of tearing that beautiful tower apart,” Verdin explained...
First, workers would build a steel structure around the tower to support it, Verdin said...
Bakens said that replacing Mother Earth would cost about $100,000, and Verdin said that 17 similar bells could be manufactured...