Jun 7, 2019
The 18th century Sinking Bell Tower at Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, is sinking at the rate of an inch a year.
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The 18th century Sinking Bell Tower at Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, is sinking at the rate of an inch a year.
Sinking Bell Tower
They say this tower sinks 1 cm per year.
December 2014 @ Laoag City - © Daniel Cabel
White Rock Formation | Sinking Bell Tower (Change)
The white rock formation used to be one whole hill. But because of weathering (action of the wind), the black/outer parts of the ground were blown away. That resulted to the inner/middle part of the rock formation to be left. Eventually, the colour of that rock formation was white. Tourists are not allowed to touch the white rock formation, because the white sediments will be scraped off.
The Sinking Bell Tower used be an operating bell tower of the church. But since it was built on sand (connected to the Ilocos River) it made the ground soft. Every year it would sink 1.54 metres every year. This is also an effect of weathering because the action of water and wind has made the sand soft making it weaker and weaker every year.
~Jaö