Editing St Paul's Cathedral (section)

====Great Paul====
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The southwest tower also contains four bells, of which '''Great Paul''', cast in 1881 by [[John William Taylor|J. W. Taylor]] of [[John Taylor & Co|Taylor's bell foundry]] of [[Loughborough]], at {{convert|16+1/2|LT|kg}} was the largest bell in the [[British Isles]] until the casting of the [[Olympic Bell]] for the 2012 London Olympics.<ref name=Pauls /> Although the bell is traditionally sounded at 1 pm each day, Great Paul had not been rung for several years because of a broken chiming mechanism.{{sfn|The Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral|2016b|loc=Bells}} In the 1970s, the fastening mechanism that secured the clapper had fractured, sending both through the clock mechanism below and causing damage that cost £30,000 to repair. In about 1989 the clapper fractured completely, although less damage was sustained.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14419564-400-when-the-great-bell-broke/ |title=When the Great Bell Broke |publisher=[[New Scientist]] |first1=Mick |last1=Hamer |date=17 December 1994 |access-date=8 June 2022 |archive-date=3 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603100125/https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14419564-400-when-the-great-bell-broke/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 31 July 2021, during the London Festival of the Bells, Great Paul rang for the first time in two decades, being hand swung by the bell ringers.