Ring The Bell

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  1. glassman
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    glassman Junior Member

    someone gave me a bell, date1924 ,name on bell,Luanne 2 ,next Thomas D Bowes, designer,next,The Mathews Company Builders, try wooden boat and others . heavy brass bell looks like from a boat ,:confused:
     
  2. safewalrus
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    safewalrus Ancient Marriner

    Yeah it's from a boat mate, worth a look into - Luanne 2 - "name of boat" date "year of launch" rest is obvious

    :confused: so what fella's, he's looking for information - anyone this dumb ain't worth extracting from! ;) I do help deserving cases!:?:

    then I jump on 'em:cool: . . . bloody septic:D
     
  3. artemis
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    artemis Steamboater

    :idea: Google "Thomas D. Bowes". Go from there (I'm not going to do the research for you). :p
     
  4. glassman
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    done my research thats why the post, the mathews is spelled with two tees and i cant find the way it is spelled on the bell, and most have lead to a dead end
     
  5. safewalrus
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    safewalrus Ancient Marriner

    Just maybe the Mathews Company has gone bust, or otherwise closed down? What they had the termerity not to put it on the net? wot if it closed down just after they built that one? Not much of an internet in nineteen canteen was there?

    Brick wall!
     
  6. D'ARTOIS
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    Thomas D. Bowes from Philadelphia was specifically known to design Tugboats; he worked for (among others) De Voe & Harold - you have to place him between the '50's and '60's of the last century (1950 - 1965), so the bell might be from a Tugboat.....
     
  7. boltonprofiles
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    Glassman - try Naval boat builders around this time - Mathews Boat Co. Port Clinton, Ohio - I know they had some boats commissioned around 1927 so the time may be about right. I could of course be entirely wrong but maybe worth a try.
     

  8. glassman
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    glassman Junior Member

    thanks for the info , I will keep looking
     
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