Rainbow Tower

Rainbow Tower
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General information
TypeCarillon Tower
LocationNiagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Completed1947
Height
Roof50.3 m (165 ft)
Technical details
Lifts/elevators1
Design and construction
Architect(s)William Lyon Somerville

The Rainbow Tower is a 50.3 metres (165 ft) tower located at the Rainbow Plaza Canada–United States border station of the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Construction on the tower was completed in 1947. The tower, part of the Canadian plaza of the bridge, was designed by Canadian architect William Lyon Somerville.[1]

The Rainbow Carillon

The Rainbow Tower houses a carillon—a musical instrument consisting of a baton keyboard that controls a series of bells. The Rainbow Carillon is sounded three times a day, 365 days a year. It features 55 bells with a total weight of over 43 tons. The instrument is controlled via a series of 55 oak batons and 30 feet (9.1 m) pedals. The largest bell, called a bourdon, is 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter and 6.5 feet (2.0 m) tall, weighing in at 10 tons. Musically the pitch of this bell is E.[2] The smallest bell in the instrument weighs less than 9 pounds (4.1 kg) and has a circumference of 5.75 inches (146 mm).

The bell castings for the Rainbow Carillon were begun in 1941 by John Taylor Bellfounders of Loughborough, England, but interrupted by the onset of World War II. Work on the instrument resumed in 1945 and was completed by 1947.

When the tower was built it contained a small apartment for the resident carillonneur. The bells were silenced for renovations from 1998 to 2001 and by 2002,[3] the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission had replaced the resident carillonneur with a fully automated system. The instrument can still be played manually, but is mostly automated to allow for frequent playing.

Carillonneurs

Several Canadians and at least two Americans (Kleinschmidt and Werblow) have served as carillonneurs:

  • Robert B. Kleinschmidt (1910-1959) 1948-1959
  • John Leland Richardson (1906-1969) 1960-1969
  • Robert Donnell (1910-1986) 1975-1976[5]
  • June Somerville 1976-1992[6]
  • Gloria Werblow 1986-1998[7]

In film

The Rainbow Tower was featured in the 1953 Marilyn Monroe thriller Niagara. Scenes were filmed outside the base of the tower, combined with sound stage footage. The long "tracking" shot of Marilyn Monroe was completed in one shot, unique in "Three-Strip" Technicolor.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Somerville, William Lyon". Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800–1950. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "Onnifarb". Archived from the original on 2006-06-21. Retrieved 2006-07-20.
  3. ^ "Niagara Falls Bridge Commission". niagarafrontier.com. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  4. ^ "Gordon Slater | the Canadian Encyclopedia".
  5. ^ "Robert Donnell | the Canadian Encyclopedia".
  6. ^ "Carillon News | the Diapason". 19 March 2003.
  7. ^ "Niagara Falls Bridge Commission".

Sources

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