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The Revere and Son bell before it was lifted back up into the repaired bell tower Friday at the Christ Episcopal Church on Gardiner Common in Gardiner. The church was built on Gardiner Common in 1820 when the Paul Revere and Son bell was installed. The renovations started in April and were expected to be done before Christmas, according to The Rev. Kerry Mansir, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church. She said the original plan was to put a support around the tower and repair it in place. But they found the tower’s structural integrity was worse than expected, the walls were so deteriorated that the work couldn’t be done safely. So the spire and bell were removed while the tower was repaired. “It was supposed to be a million dollar project. We don’t have final numbers on the additional work because the design of the spire and what the materials will cost.” They’re estimating it will be an additional 0,000 to 0,000 and they’ll need to raise about another 0,000 to replace the spire. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Holly Burnes photographs the bell Friday before a crane lifted it into the bell town at the Christ Episcopal Church on Gardiner Common in Gardiner. The bell tower renovations started in April and was expected to be done before Christmas, according to the Rev. Kerry Mansir, rector of Christ Episcopal Church. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)—————————————Holly Burnes photographs the bell Friday at the Christ Episcopal Church on Gardiner Common in Gardiner. The church was built on Gardiner Common in 1820 when the Paul Revere and Son bell was installed. The renovations started in April and were expected to be done before Christmas, according to The Rev. Kerry Mansir, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church. She said the original plan was to put a support around the tower and repair it in place. But they found the tower’s structural integrity was worse than expected, the walls were so deteriorated that the work couldn’t be done safely. So the spire and bell were removed while the tower was repaired. “It was supposed to be a million dollar project. We don’t have final numbers on the additional work because the design of the spire and what the materials will cost.” They’re estimating it will be an additional 0,000 to 0,000 and they’ll need to raise about another 0,000 to replace the spire. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Gary Clendening reaches up and touches the bell Friday before a crane lifted it into the bell town at the Christ Episcopal Church on Gardiner Common in Gardiner.——————–Gary Clendening reaches up and touches the bell Friday at the Christ Episcopal Church on Gardiner Common in Gardiner. The church was built on Gardiner Common in 1820 when the Paul Revere and Son bell was installed. The renovations started in April and were expected to be done before Christmas, according to The Rev. Kerry Mansir, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church. She said the original plan was to put a support around the tower and repair it in place. But they found the tower’s structural integrity was worse than expected, the walls were so deteriorated that the work couldn’t be done safely. So the spire and bell were removed while the tower was repaired. “It was supposed to be a million dollar project. We don’t have final numbers on the additional work because the design of the spire and what the materials will cost.” They’re estimating it will be an additional 0,000 to 0,000 and they’ll need to raise about another 0,000 to replace the spire. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Workers attach straps to lift the Revere and Son bell back into the repaired bell tower Friday at the Christ Episcopal Church in Gardiner. The Rev. Kerry Mansir, rector of the church, said the spire and bell were removed so there would be less weight on the walls while the tower was being repaired.————-Workers attach straps to lift the Revere and Son bell back into repaired bell tower Friday at the Christ Episcopal Church on Gardiner Common in Gardiner. The church was built on Gardiner Common in 1820 when the Paul Revere and Son bell was installed. The renovations started in April and were expected to be done before Christmas, according to The Rev. Kerry Mansir, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church. She said the original plan was to put a support around the tower and repair it in place. But they found the tower’s structural integrity was worse than expected, the walls were so deteriorated that the work couldn’t be done safely. So the spire and bell were removed while the tower was repaired. “It was supposed to be a million dollar project. We don’t have final numbers on the additional work because the design of the spire and what the materials will cost.” They’re estimating it will be an additional 0,000 to 0,000 and they’ll need to raise about another 0,000 to replace the spire. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
People watch and record the Revere and Son bell being lifted into repaired bell tower Friday. The Rev. Kerry Mansir, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, said the original plan was to put a support around the tower and repair it in place. But upon further inspection they found that the tower’s structural integrity was worse than expected and walls were so deteriorated that they couldn’t safely do it that way.———————–People watch and record the Revere and Son bell being lifted into repaired bell tower Friday at the Christ Episcopal Church on Gardiner Common in Gardiner. The church was built on Gardiner Common in 1820 when the Paul Revere and Son bell was installed. The renovations started in April and were expected to be done before Christmas, according to The Rev. Kerry Mansir, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church. She said the original plan was to put a support around the tower and repair it in place. But they found the tower’s structural integrity was worse than expected, the walls were so deteriorated that the work couldn’t be done safely. So the spire and bell were removed while the tower was repaired. “It was supposed to be a million dollar project. We don’t have final numbers on the additional work because the design of the spire and what the materials will cost.” They’re estimating it will be an additional 0,000 to 0,000 and they’ll need to raise about another 0,000 to replace the spire. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
People watch and record the Revere and Son bell being lifted into repaired bell tower Friday at the Christ Episcopal Church on Gardiner Common in Gardiner. The church was built on Gardiner Common in 1820 when the Paul Revere and Son bell was installed. The renovations started in April and were expected to be done before Christmas, according to The Rev. Kerry Mansir, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church. She said the original plan was to put a support around the tower and repair it in place. But they found the tower’s structural integrity was worse than expected, the walls were so deteriorated that the work couldn’t be done safely. So the spire and bell were removed while the tower was repaired. “It was supposed to be a million dollar project. We don’t have final numbers on the additional work because the design of the spire and what the materials will cost.” They’re estimating it will be an additional 0,000 to 0,000 and they’ll need to raise about another 0,000 to replace the spire. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
People record the Revere and Son bell being lifted into the repaired bell tower Friday at the Christ Episcopal Church. “It was supposed to be a million dollar project. We don’t have final numbers on the additional work because the design of the spire and what the materials will cost,” the Rev. Kerry Mansir, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, said. They’re estimating it will be an additional 0,000 to 0,000 all together and they’ll need to raise about another 0,000 to replace the spire.——————People watch and record the Revere and Son bell being lifted into repaired bell tower Friday at the Christ Episcopal Church on Gardiner Common in Gardiner. The church was built on Gardiner Common in 1820 when the Paul Revere and Son bell was installed. The renovations started in April and were expected to be done before Christmas, according to The Rev. Kerry Mansir, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church. She said the original plan was to put a support around the tower and repair it in place. But they found the tower’s structural integrity was worse than expected, the walls were so deteriorated that the work couldn’t be done safely. So the spire and bell were removed while the tower was repaired. “It was supposed to be a million dollar project. We don’t have final numbers on the additional work because the design of the spire and what the materials will cost.” They’re estimating it will be an additional 0,000 to 0,000 and they’ll need to raise about another 0,000 to replace the spire. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
A crane lifts the Revere and Son bell back into repaired bell tower Friday at the Christ Episcopal Church on Gardiner Common in Gardiner. The church was built on Gardiner Common in 1820 when the Paul Revere and Son bell was installed. The renovations started in April and were expected to be done before Christmas, according to The Rev. Kerry Mansir, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church. She said the original plan was to put a support around the tower and repair it in place. But they found the tower’s structural integrity was worse than expected, the walls were so deteriorated that the work couldn’t be done safely. So the spire and bell were removed while the tower was repaired. “It was supposed to be a million dollar project. We don’t have final numbers on the additional work because the design of the spire and what the materials will cost.” They’re estimating it will be an additional 0,000 to 0,000 and they’ll need to raise about another 0,000 to replace the spire. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
People watch and record the Revere and Son bell being lifted into repaired bell tower Friday at the Christ Episcopal Church on Gardiner Common in Gardiner. The church was built on Gardiner Common in 1820 when the Paul Revere and Son bell was installed. The renovations started in April and were expected to be done before Christmas, according to The Rev. Kerry Mansir, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church. She said the original plan was to put a support around the tower and repair it in place. But they found the tower’s structural integrity was worse than expected, the walls were so deteriorated that the work couldn’t be done safely. So the spire and bell were removed while the tower was repaired. “It was supposed to be a million dollar project. We don’t have final numbers on the additional work because the design of the spire and what the materials will cost.” They’re estimating it will be an additional 0,000 to 0,000 and they’ll need to raise about another 0,000 to replace the spire. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image
Workers remove straps that were used to lift the Revere and Son bell back into repaired bell tower Friday at the Christ Episcopal Church on Gardiner Common in Gardiner. The church was built on Gardiner Common in 1820 when the Paul Revere and Son bell was installed. The renovations started in April and were expected to be done before Christmas, according to The Rev. Kerry Mansir, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church. She said the original plan was to put a support around the tower and repair it in place. But they found the tower’s structural integrity was worse than expected, the walls were so deteriorated that the work couldn’t be done safely. So the spire and bell were removed while the tower was repaired. “It was supposed to be a million dollar project. We don’t have final numbers on the additional work because the design of the spire and what the materials will cost.” They’re estimating it will be an additional 0,000 to 0,000 and they’ll need to raise about another 0,000 to replace the spire. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image

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