Burton Tower

The Burton Memorial Tower

The Burton Memorial Tower, located on Central Campus at the University of Michigan and housing a grand carillon, was built in 1936 as a memorial for University President Marion Leroy Burton (presidency: 1920-1925). The grand carillon, one of only 23 in the world, is the world’s fourth heaviest, containing 55 bells, weighing a total of 43 tons. (A grand carillon has a bourdon bell — the name given to the heaviest bell in a carillon and the one that sounds the hour — that weighs at least around six tons, and can go to a low 'G'.) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (530x1451, 83 KB) Summary Burton Tower, a clock tower in ann arbor Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Burton Tower ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (530x1451, 83 KB) Summary Burton Tower, a clock tower in ann arbor Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Burton Tower ... University of Michigan, Ann Arbor The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public coeducational university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ... The rooftop carillon of Roermond City Hall A carillon is a keyboard percussion instrument composed of a range of bells controlled from a keyboard. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sculpture on the Discoveries Age and Portuguese Navigators in Lisbon, Portugal A memorial is an object served as a memory of something, usually a person (who has died) or an event. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bell may refer to: Bell (instrument), a simple sound-making device Bell System, the name of Americas telephone system from the 1880s until around 1984 Wind instrument, the bell is the round, flared opening at the opposite end from the mouthpiece, where the sound exits and is amplified... The word ton or tonne is derived from the Old English tunne, and ultimately from the Old French tonne, and referred originally to a large cask with a capacity of 252 wine gallons, which holds approximately 2100 pounds of water. ...

The Burton Memorial Tower was designed by Albert Kahn, who also designed Clements Library, Angell Hall, and Hill Auditorium for the University of Michigan. Its carillon was donated by Michigan alumnus, Charles M. Baird, a lawyer, and the first U-M athletic director, and has been christened the "Charles Baird Carillon". Baird had the bells cast in England and gave them to the University. He also commissioned “Sunday Morning in Deep Waters”, the fountain on Ingalls Mall between Burton Tower and the Michigan League. See Albert Kahn (banker) for the French banker. ... Hill Auditorium is the largest hall on the University_of_Michigan - Ann Arbor campus. ... State nickname: Wolverine State or Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) Official languages English Area 250,941 km² (11th)  - Land 147,255 km²  - Water 103,687 km² (41. ... An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...

The University of Michigan has two grand carillons, barely two miles apart. The other grand carrilon is housed at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Tower at the North Campus. // Burton Tower The Burton Memorial Tower, located on Central Campus at the University of Michigan and housing a grand carillon, was built in 1936 as a memorial for University President Marion Leroy Burton (presidency: 1920-1925). ...

Burton Memorial Tower statistics

The Tower

• Building height: 212 feet
• Tower specification: 41 feet x 7 inches square
• Floor area: 19,848 square feet
• Designer: Albert Kahn
• Final cost (1936): $243,664.61
• Recent renovation cost: $1.8 million
• Construction date: 1935 to 1936
• Construction materials: reinforced concrete shell, faced with limestone
• Dedicated on: December 4, 1936
• Dedicated to: U-M President Marion Leroy Burton (Presidency 1920–1925)

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Charles Baird Carillon

• Location: Atop the Burton Memorial Tower
• World position: Tied for fourth heaviest carillon in the world
• Technical Specification:
  • No. of bells: 55
  • Total weight 43 tons
  • Largest bell: 12 tons; strikes every hour
  • Smallest bell: 16.5 pounds
  • Height of support: Bells hang 120 feet above campus
  • Others: Bells are stationary, and only the clappers move via mechanical linkage
• Cast by: John Taylor and Co. Bellfoundry, in Loughborough, England, in 1936 and 1975

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