The two original McShane Foundry bells

These photos show two original McShane Foundry bells originally cast in 1902 and 1910. They measure 50” and 53” at their widest. They have a wonderfully resonate and long lasting-reverb.  The bells were purchased by Dennis McCartney and are proudly displayed in the front of our building and on the homepage of our website.

Baltimore, Maryland at Holliday and Centre Streets in 1856. By the late 19th century, the business had produced tens of thousands of bells and chimes shipping them out to churches and public buildings and expanded to a large factory complex on Guilford Avenue. Over the past 150 years, the firm has produced over 300,000 bells for cathedrals, churches, municipal buildings and schools in communities around the world – including the 7,000-pound bell that hangs in the dome of Baltimore’s City Hall.