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Present Day Tour (2002)

Get Up Bell

A brick pedestal on top of which is a old-timey bell which was rung six times each workday in the early years of the mill. It was called the "Get Up" bell, so named because its first ringing, at 5:30 a.m. told the village it was time to get up.
A close up of a plaque on the bell's pedestal, which reads: "In the early 1900s when Cliffside Mill was built, a bell tower was erected to house this bell. It towered above the mill and looked out over the town. This bell was named the "Get Up Bell" by the people of Cliffside. The bell was rung as follows: 5:30 a.m. - Time to get up. 6:30 a.m. - Time to leave home for work. 6:50 a.m. - Ten minutes before start up time. 12:00 noon - Lunch time. 12:50 p.m. - Ten minutes until time to start back to work. 6:00 p.m. - End of work day. The bell has not been in use since the late 1940s but now stands as a monument to the town and people of Cliffside Mills.
The bell monument [in 2002] stands at the site of the fish pond. Not many people see it; it’s locked inside a fence, well out of the public’s view.
 

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