Index - Meneely (W) (original) (raw)

Index to carillons and chimes by Meneely (Watervliet)

The Meneely (Watervliet) foundry, which closed about 1950, provided bells for various carillons and chimes throughout the Western hemisphere. It is not to be confused with the Meneely (Troy) foundry; though the families which operated the two foundries were related, there was intense competition between them. Contributing to the confusion is the fact that Watervliet was originally known as West Troy. See the bottom of this page for additional historical noteson the origin and development of this bellfoundry and on the various names used by it.

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Meneely, West Troy / Watervliet, New York, USA

The dates of casting of chimes in this group are unknown. When a date for one of these chimes is discovered, it will be moved into the appropriate section below.

EDGERTON : USA - OH 1??? C [chime] Trinity Church JOHNSON CITY : USA - NY ???? E chime St.James' Catholic Church LEWISTON : USA - ME ???? C chime St.Joseph's Catholic Church

Meneelys', West Troy, New York, USA (?-1873)

The name "Meneelys'" seems to have been a trade name. It is certain that it was in use during at least part of the period when the proprietorship of the foundry was in the hands of "Andrew Meneely's Sons" (1851-63) as well as that of "E.A. & G.R. Meneely" (1863-74). (See historical notes below.)
It is not certain that "Meneelys'" is the actual name which appears on the bells of all the chimes in this group. They are tentatively collected under this heading for convenience, and may be rearranged in the future.

NEW YORK - TC/1 : USA - NY 1848 R ring/chime Trinity Parish Church (Episcopal) (sometimes called Holy Trinity) NEW YORK - AIF : USA - NY 1850 C [chime] American Institute Fair of 1850 ROCHESTER - SF : USA - NY 1850 C [chime] New York State Fairgrounds SAVANNAH : USA - GA 1854 F non-trad* St.John's Episcopal Church CLEVELAND - T : USA - OH 1854 C [chime] Trinity Episcopal Church (now Trinity Cathedral) BATH : USA - ME 1856 C [chime] Grace Episcopal Church BUFFALO - STP : USA - NY 1856 F (ring*) St.Paul's Episcopal Church PORTLAND - U : USA - ME 1856 C [chime] Union Congregational Church BUFFALO - STP : USA - NY 1857 I (ring*) St.Paul's Episcopal Church NEWARK - STJO : USA - NJ 1859 C chime St.John's Catholic Church INDIANAPOLIS - CCC : USA - IN 1860 F chime Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) PETERSBURG : USA - VA 1860 C chime St.Paul's Episcopal Church ROCHESTER - STP : USA - NY 1860 C (chime) SS.Peter & Paul Catholic Church ALBANY - IC : USA - NY 1862 C chime North tower Immaculate Conception Cathedral (RC) PATERSON - STJ : USA - NJ 1862 F chime Cathedral of St.John the Baptist (RC) PITTSBURGH - T : USA - PA 1864 F clock(4) Trinity Episcopal Cathedral TORONTO - STJA/1 : CANADA - ON 1865 F chime Upper belfry St.James Cathedral DERBY : USA - CT 1867 F chime Immanuel St.James Episcopal Church CONCORD - C : USA - NH 1868 F chime St.Paul's Episcopal Church ITHACA : USA - NY 1868 F chime The Cornell Chimes McGraw Tower Uris Library (formerly Main Library) Cornell University UTICA - STP : USA - NY 1868 C chime St.Joseph & St.Patrick RC Church YORK : USA - PA 1868 C chime Trinity Church (UCC) (formerly Trinity Reformed Church) BROOKLYN - STAE : USA - NY 1869 C chime Middle School Building (was St.Ann's Episcopal Church) Packer Collegiate Institute HARTFORD - CGS : USA - CT 1869 C chime Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) ITHACA : USA - NY 1869 I chime The Cornell Chimes McGraw Tower Uris Library (formerly Main Library) Cornell University ROCHESTER - STP : USA - NY 1869 C chime SS.Peter & Paul Catholic Church TROY - W : USA - NY 1869 C chime Contemporary Artists Center (was Woodside Presbyterian Church) NEW BRUNSWICK - STP : USA - NJ 1870 C chime St.Peter the Apostle Catholic Church TROY - A : USA - NY 1870 C chime Church of the Ascension (Episcopal)
TROY - STJOH : USA - NY 1870 F chime St.John's Episcopal Church UTICA - G : USA - NY 1870 F chime Grace Episcopal Church HOOSICK FALLS : USA - NY 1871 C chime St.Mark's Episcopal Church PITTSBURGH - T : USA - PA 1871 F* chime Trinity Episcopal Cathedral

Meneely & Co., West Troy, New York, USA (1874-96)

NEW YORK - STT : USA - NY 1874 C (chime) St.Thomas Church (Episcopal) READING - CC : USA - PA 1874 C chime Christ Episcopal Church PITTSBURGH - T : USA - PA 1874 E chime Trinity Episcopal Cathedral SAN FRANCISCO - STP : USA - CA 1874 C (chime) St.Patrick's Catholic Church AUBURN : USA - NY 1875 C chime Episcopal Church of SS.Peter & John (was St.Peter's Episcopal Church) NEWARK - STM : USA - NJ 1875 C chime St.Michael's Catholic Church NEWARK - STP : USA - NJ 1875 C chime St.Patrick's Pro-Cathedral (RC) includes work from 1862 NORWICH : USA - CT 1876 C chime Park Congregational Church (UCC) STOCKBRIDGE : USA - MA 1878 F chime Dudley Field Memorial Tower (also called "Children's Chime Tower") DEDHAM : USA - MA 1881 C chime St.Paul's Episcopal Church NEW BEDFORD - G : USA - MA 1882 C chime Grace Episcopal Church FALL RIVER - HS : USA - MA 1886 F chime B.M.C. Durfee High School [new] NEW YORK - STAL : USA - NY 1888 C chime St.Aloysius Church INDIANAPOLIS - CCC : USA - IN 1890 E chime Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) NEW YORK - STAN : USA - NY 1890 C chime The Seguin Chimes St.Andrew's Episcopal Church NEW YORK - STMI : USA - NY 1891 C chime St.Michael's Episcopal Church SCRANTON - EP : USA - PA 1892 C chime Elm Park United Methodist Church (formerly First Methodist Church) PHILADELPHIA - STL : USA - PA 1892 F chime St.Luke's Episcopal Church SACKETS HARBOR : USA - NY 1893 C (chime) The Dewitt C. Hay Memorial Tower United Presbyterian Church HAVERSTRAW : USA - NY 1896 C chime St.Peter's Catholic Church

Meneely & Co., Watervliet, New York, USA (1896-1950)

The name "West Troy" continued to appear on this firm's bells and related equipment for some time after the name of the town was changed to Watervliet in 1896. It is not known when "West Troy" was last used.

BRISTOL : USA - RI 1897 F chime St.Michael's Church (Episcopal) PHILADELPHIA - STT : USA - PA 1897 F chime St.Timothy's Episcopal Church NEWTON CENTER : USA - MA 1898 F chime First Baptist Church in Newton (ABC) BRISTOL : USA - RI 1899 I chime St.Michael's Church (Episcopal) CLEVELAND - STP : USA - OH 1899 C chime St.Patrick's RC Church (Bridge Avenue) SACKETS HARBOR : USA - NY 1899 C chime The Dewitt C. Hay Memorial Tower United Presbyterian Church TOLEDO - STJ : USA - OH 1900 C chime St.Joseph's French Church CHARLESTON - STMA : USA - SC 1901 F chime St.Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) GREENVILLE - FU/1 : USA - SC 1901 C [chime] Furman University (old campus) KITCHENER - STP : CANADA - ON 1901 C chime St.Peter's Evang. Lutheran Church (ELCC) HARTFORD - CGS : USA - CT 1902 R chime Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) CLINTON : USA - MA 1902 C chime St.John the Evangelist RC Church LUNENBURG : CANADA - NS 1902 C chime St.John's Anglican Church OSKALOOSA - STJ : USA - IA 1902 C chime St.James' Episcopal Church SCITUATE : USA - MA 1902 C chime The Lawson Tower (originally Observatory Tower, Dreamwold, Egypt) VINELAND : USA - NJ 1902 C chime Trinity Episcopal Church BINGHAMTON - C : USA - NY 1903 C chime Christ Episcopal Church ERIE - SPE : USA - PA 1903 C chime St.Peter Cathedral (RC) GREAT NECK : USA - NY 1903 C chime All Saints' Episcopal Church LITTLE ROCK - CC : USA - AR 1903 C [chime] Christ Church (Episcopal) PHILADELPHIA - STSI : USA - PA 1903 C [chime] St.Simeon's Lutheran Church COBOURG : CANADA - ON 1904 F chime St.Peter's Anglican Church NEW BRITAIN - SCC : USA - CT 1904 C chime South Congregational-First Baptist Church (UCC/ABC) PHILADELPHIA - STCB : USA - PA 1904 C chime Church of St.Charles Borromeo (RC) BIRMINGHAM -- : USA - MI 1905 C (chime) St.James Episcopal Church COBOURG : CANADA - ON 1905 E chime St.Peter's Anglican Church GEORGETOWN : GUYANA 1905 C [chime] Sacred Heart Catholic Church NEW HAVEN - C : USA - CT 1905 C chime Christ Episcopal Church SAN JOSE : USA - CA 1905F trad Trinity Chime Trinity Cathedral (formerly Trinity Episcopal Church) includes work from 1879 and 1880 SAULT SAINTE MARIE : USA - MI 1905 C chime St.James' Episcopal Church HAMILTON - STP : CANADA - ON 1906 C chime St.Paul's Presbyterian Church PLAINFIELD : USA - IL 1906 F trad# Plainfield United Methodist Church SALINA : USA - KS 1906 F non-trad* Christ Episcopal Cathedral TRURO : CANADA - NS 1906 C chime St.John the Evangelist Anglican Church DURHAM - MMC : USA - NC 1907 C chime Duke Memorial United Methodist Church WINONA : USA - MN 1907 C chime Winona United Methodist Church (was Central United Methodist Church) ITHACA : USA - NY 1908 I chime The Cornell Chimes McGraw Tower Uris Library (formerly Main Library) Cornell University LYNCHBURG - C : USA - VA 1908 C chime Court Street United Methodist Church PASADENA - PP : USA - CA 1908 C chime Pasadena Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) SAN DIEGO - FM : USA - CA 1908 F chime Hartupee-Irwin Bells First United Methodist Church SIOUX CITY - G : USA - IA 1908 C [chime] Grace Methodist Church YARMOUTH : CANADA - NS 1908 C chime Holy Trinity Anglican Church CHESTER : USA - PA 1909 C chime St.Paul's Episcopal Church DANVILLE : USA - VA 1909 C chime Main Street United Methodist Church FORT WILLIAM : CANADA - ON 1909 C chime St.Paul's Anglican Church PETROLIA : CANADA - ON 1909 C chime Christ Church (Anglican) STRATFORD : CANADA - ON 1909 F chime St.James' Anglican Church YONKERS - STA : USA - NY 1909 C chime St.Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church / Iglesia San Andres HOPEDALE : USA - MA 1910 C chime Hopedale Unitarian Church LEECHBURG : USA - PA 1910 F non-trad# First Evangelical Lutheran Church MANISTEE : USA - MI 1910 C chime Guardian Angels RC Church MARION : USA - IN 1910 C chime J. Wood Wilson Chimes God's House Ministries (was First Presbyterian Church of Grant County) ROXBURY : USA - MA 1910 C chime Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Roman Catholic Mission Church) CONNELLSVILLE : USA - PA 1911 C [chime] Trinity Evang. Lutheran Church (ELCA) SAVANNAH : USA - GA 1911 I non-trad* St.John's Episcopal Church YONKERS - IC : USA - NY 1911 C chime Immaculate Conception (St.Mary's) Catholic Church HARTFORD - CCC : USA - CT 1912 C chime Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) MISHAWAKA : USA - IN 1912 C chime First United Methodist Church PORT HOPE : CANADA - ON 1912 C chime St.Paul's Presbyterian Church SEATTLE - UW : USA - WA 1912 C [chime] University of Washington WINNETKA : USA - IL 1912 C chime Christ Episcopal Church KINGSTON : USA - NY 1913 C chime Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (ELCA) PORTSMOUTH : USA - OH 1914 C chime Holy Redeemer Catholic Church SAN FRANCISCO - STP : USA - CA 1914 C chime St.Patrick's Catholic Church MIDDLEBURY : USA - VT 1915 F trad* Mead Memorial Chapel Middlebury College PHILADELPHIA - STMKF : USA - PA 1915 C chime St.Mark's Episcopal Church (Frankford) ENDICOTT : USA - NY 1916 C chime First United Methodist Church PHILADELPHIA - STF : USA - PA 1916 C chime St.Francis de Sales Catholic Church JOHNSON CITY : USA - NY 1917 F chime St.James' Catholic Church LARAMIE : USA - WY 1917 C chime St.Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral (formerly St.Matthew's Church) NEWTON CENTER : USA - MA 1917 E chime First Baptist Church in Newton (ABC) NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE : CANADA - ON 1917F chime St.Mark's Anglican Church _ Some bells supplied in 1877._ OSHKOSH : USA - WI 1917 C chime Trinity Episcopal Church STAMFORD - STJ : USA - CT 1917 C chime St.John's Episcopal Church LARCHMONT - STJ : USA - NY 1918 C chime St.John's Episcopal Church ARDMORE : USA - OK 1919 C chime First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) BRONX - OLM : USA - NY 1919 C chime Our Lady of Mercy School MILTON : USA - MA 1920*F chime St.Agatha's RC Church

Historical Notes:

The bellfoundry which we have designated "Meneely (Watervliet)" actually began in 1826 in the village of Gibbonsville, New York. This village was on the west bank of the Hudson River, a few miles north of the city of Albany. It was also a few miles south of the Mohawk River, which was the eastern terminus of the Erie Canal, opened in 1825 as a major transportation route to the west. Gibbonsville was later incorporated into the town of West Troy, which in 1896 was renamed Watervliet.

The proprietorship of this bellfoundry changed over the course of its first half-century of operation as follows:

It isn't known how consistently the markings on bells and equipment followed the changes in proprietorship. However, numerous bells and fittings from various years are marked simply "Meneelys'".

The bellfoundry which we have designated "Meneely (Troy)", referenced in the first paragraph on this page, was operated by Clinton Hanks Meneely, the third son of Andrew Meneely. Both firms manufactured a variety of other metal products at various times. The two Meneely foundries had no connection other than the blood relationships of their principals. They competed vigorously (and sometimes bitterly) with each other throughout their dual existences.

Historic markerat the location of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry, with extensive photos and descriptions.

The interconnections between the Meneelys and the several Hanks bellfounders and industrialists are shown in a different manner on a Hanks genealogy page.

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