Earlier this month, Whitechapel Bell Foundry announced it was closing its doors after more than 400 years in operation. The company's renowned work includes the Liberty Bell, Big Ben and the "Gros ...

East London’s Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd., a company nearly five centuries old, cast many of these colonial voices, including the 12 bells stashed during the Revolutionary War. In a statement ...

The Whitechapel Bell Foundry was London's longest running family business, a place that cast Big Ben, the US Liberty Bell and thousands more. Then, at the tail end of 2016, the foundry announced ...

A family-run French bell foundry and high-tech Baltimore ... The 2,080-pound bronze original was forged at the Whitechapel Foundry in England in 1752. (The nickname came much later, when ...

78 per cent copper – is poured into a mould at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London’s East End. The foundry – listed by Guinness World Records as the oldest manufacturing firm in Britain ...

Members of the art world have spoken out against plans to turn a historic bell foundry, where Big Ben was cast, into a boutique hotel. Proposals to change the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in east ...

Plans to redevelop the historical bell foundry where Big Ben was cast into a boutique hotel have been approved. Whitechapel Bell Foundry started up in east London in 1570. The current site was ...

When readers seek information about their antique collectibles, Carolyn Patten finds expert advice about their value and history. Find the answers to mysteries about these old and rare items.

The Whitechapel Bell Foundry, Britain's oldest manufacturing firm, is set to close at its current site, bringing an end to a family business that has run for almost 500 years. The foundry ...

In 1751, the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly shelled out 100 pounds to London’s Whitechapel Bell Foundry for a bell to hang in the State House (known post-Revolution as Independence Hall).