E.A. Williams & Son Brass & Bell Foundry

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The foundry was set up in 1857 as E.A. Williams & Son Brass & Bell Foundry. The name E. A. Williams and who he was has been lost but what we do know is that quite a few bells were cast in this foundry, and that they, or a version of the same company was in business for at least 96 years.

The foundry produced a lot of ships bells to the US Navy, fire department bells and some church bells. A few of the ships they made bells for are as follows.

· USS New Hampshire in 1907

· USS Arizona in 1916

· USS Pennsylvania in 1916

· USS Mississippi in 1917

· USS New Mexico in 1918

· USS Tennessee in 1920

· USS Maryland in 1921

In 1953 the foundry was moved from Jersey City to Carlstadt, NJ.