For Whom Toils The Bell

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A Time Lapse recording the complex, bellacious amount of  work undertaken by Weslin Construction in giving Dublin¹s Diving Bell gets a facelift.

Produced by Kelcom, for the Dublin Port Company.

Dublin Port Diving Bell

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10 thoughts on “For Whom Toils The Bell

    1. Bindon Blood Stoney

      It’s a piece of industrial heritage, you might do some reading on what it is and who invented it. It looks out of place now because it’s surrounded by econobox office accommodation. Up till the 90s there were large stevedore cranes behind the bell. Many cities incorporated them into the streetscape (Liverpool, Manchester), but we just allowed them to be torn down in the night and scrapped.

      1. ItsOnlyMe

        At least we still have the Scherzer Bridges on the far side of the river. Hopefully the inconvenience they cause to modern day traffic wont be their demise

    2. Ms Piggy

      It was there a long time before anything else around there, so it’s not out of place. It’s a fab little bit of local history and a very impressive bit of engineering history. What’s not to love?

  1. Bobby

    Not a fan of the night-time look of it, there’s something about that annoying lighting popping up everywhere, I can’t quite put my finger on it. I’m quite happy to see it fixed up though, I assumed that all these little bits and pieces scattered around Dublin would just eventually be pulled out to make way for more new stuff.

    And if people are worried about stuff looking ‘out of place’, trying chatting with people who grew up either side of the Liffey in that area and they’ll let you know what they think is out of place. It’s all relative maaaan…

  2. Robodave

    I love this. A few nice days for the boys on the job. A beautiful tall ship being nudged into place by squat tugs. Fair play

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