Heaviest (largest) bell still used

According to Official Guinness Records,

The heaviest bell still in use is the Mingun bell, weighing 92 tonnes with a diameter of 5.09 m (16 ft 8 in) at the lip, in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma). The bell is struck by a teak boom from the outside. It was cast at Mingun late in the reign of King Bodawpaya (1782-1819).The heaviest bell hung in Great Britain is `Great Paul' in the south-west tower of St Paul's Cathedral, London. Cast in 1881, it weighs 17 tonnes, has a diameter of 2.9 m (9ft 6 in) and sounds the note E-flat.

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