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Liberty Bell

Close-up shot of the Liberty Bell, focusing on the crack.

The famous crack in the Liberty Bell is really a repair job. In 1846, workmen widened a thin crack using a repair called "stop drilling". Look for more than 40 drill bit marks in the repair. The repair job failed when a second crack developed on February 23, 1846.

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