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It was octagonal in form, 236 feet in height. Its extraordinary feature lies in the fact that its brick walls, as well as the upper and under sides of the projecting roofs, were coated with porcelain. ‘From the summit of the spire eight chains were suspended, to each of which were attached nine bells, and a bell was also attached to each angle of the lower roof, making 144 bells in all.’ These when tinkling in harmony to the evening breeze ‘must have produced an effect as singular as pleasing.’