2014 : Oakland University Dedicates New Bell Tower

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September 19, 2024 all-day
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Oakland University dedicated a 151-foot-tall bell tower Friday afternoon, celebrating a new landmark at the center of its campus.

A ceremony for the newly built Elliott Tower was attended by a crowd that included Hugh and Nancy Elliott, who gave $6.5 million for the tower’s design, construction and operation. The couple have contributed to numerous other OU projects, including $2 million toward the School of Business Administration.

OU says the largest bell in the tower — low C — weighs about 5,000 pounds and is 5 feet in diameter. In all, the tower’s 49 bells weigh more than 30,000 pounds.

The tower’s clock is about 9 feet 6 inches in diameter, and its minute hand stretches 54 ¾ inches from the center of the clock to the outside tip.

Oakland University Dedicates New Bell Tower, Detroit News, September 19, 2014

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