Name/Title
Train Bell and harp, South Pacific Coast Railroad, Ca. 1878Entry/Object ID
1981.39.1Description
Acc. No. 81.39.1a and 81.39.1b
Subject Category: Railroads
Date: Circa 1878
Object: Train bell
Description:
Cast iron bell (a) mounted on a cast iron harp or bell standard (b) with tolling handle.
Size: bell (a): 17 inches high and it has a circumference of 12 1/2 inches. Harp (b): 22 inches wide by 24 inches in length (b).
History of Object: Old South Pacific Coast Railroad bell used by Mrs. Angela Lavagetto on Bay Farm Island to call in the truck farm workers....for forty years.
Acquired from: Mrs. Angela Lavagatto
Date: 1958