EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - The bell at the Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse will soon ring again.

County officials say it comes after months of restoration work.

On Tuesday, November 25, the Director of the Center for Applied Research at the University of Southern Indiana (USI), along with several USI students who have been involved in the project, will install a newly manufactured drop hammer in the historic bell tower.

Officials say in May, during a routine inspection, county maintenance staff discovered that the bell’s drop hammer had snapped off its base.

They say it had an estimated 7 million strikes over its 134-year lifespan.

A replacement hammer was commissioned from McShane Bell Foundry, the same manufacturer that originally cast the Old Courthouse bell in 1890.

The installa

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