Korean Bell of Friendship
Weighing 17 tons, with a height of 12 feet and a diameter of 7-1/2 feet, the Korean Bell of Friendship is made of copper and tin, with gold, nickel, lead and phosphorous added for tone quality. It is set in a pagoda-like stone structure which was constructed by thirty craftsmen flown in from Korea on the knoll overlooking the sea gate from which US troops sailed into the Pacific. Patterned after the Bronze Bell of King Songdok, cast in 771 A.D., it was donated to the people of Los Angeles in 1976 by the people of the Republic of Korea to celebrate the bicentennial of US independence.
San Pedro, Los Angeles County
Images by Andrew Schmidt