FOLEY : USA - AL

*Location:

   Centennial Plaza
   Heritage Park
   East Laurel Avenue (US Hwy.98)
     at North McKenzie Street (AL Hwy.59)
   Foley, Alabama, USA
   LL: N 30.4075, W 87.6832
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*Contact:

   Foley City Parks
   *parcel:
     218 East Rose Avenue
     Foley, AL  36535
   *postal:
     PO Box 1750
     Foley, AL  36536
   T: (251)943-8897  F: (251)970-2086
   E: ktaylor@cityoffoley.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 32 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 2014
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2018
*Links:

On the city Website, the city clerk page has a photo of the bell tower and provides contact information.

News article on the planned bell tower

Full-size photo/drawing of the planned tower

News article with photo of the tower design and ground plan of the Plaza and vicinity

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in AL.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 16-Oct-18
   based on textual data last updated on 2018/10/16
   and on technical data last updated on 2018/09/10
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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