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Lewisbrg's clock is on Market Street, Pennsylvania Route 45, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania in Union County.
Displayed in the Barney Ford House and Museum in Breckenridge, Colorado. The top dial indicates time of day; the bottom dial is a calendar. The device is in working order with both dials accurate.
Closed for a little longer than a lunch break. Shot on Fomapan 200 (expired 2023) using a Canon T70 with Canon R 135/3.5 lens. Curves adjusted in GIMP.
In 1987 some waterfront was developed in Brisbane for restaurants, and small offices. Part of the development included a reasonable sized lookout tower (now bolted shut) and an unusual water clock.
I remember seeing this operating in the early 90s on a visit, and it was impressive. I can't remember exactly how it worked, but those two vertical tubes are marked with times, and I think water was pumped to the top, and at the hour, a BIG bucket thing came out on rails along the red cantilevered ramp, and then the bucket was overturned and it all came splashing down inot the pond at the bottom, to start again.
Depending on the wind, and how close you wanted to see the action, it was touch and go whether you ended up being involved in a wet T-shirt competition or not.
If only I had a photo, or if only I could find it.
Well, sadly the complex was not a roarinf success, and that might be partly because of its position with respect to road access. I am not sure, but today, some of the building is still used, but much of it seems lifeless, and the water clock is looking rather sad, with broken clock faces, all shuttered up and fenced off, and pidgeons roosting in the top.
There is another wider shot below from the other side of Breakfast Creek which is just off the main Brisbane River. The "Italian" gondolas that ferry romance around the river leave from here.
Times up for this CLOCK
Timepieces Theme
The clock in Downtown Forest City, NC was restored in 2014 by Gene Volk, a clock repairman from the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, of Hendersonville, NC.
Whittlesey (historically known as Whittlesea or Witesie) is an ancient Fenland market town.
Whittlesey appears in the Cartularium Saxonicum (973 A.D.) as Witlesig, in the Domesday Book as Witesie, and in the Inquisitio Eliensis[2] (1086 A.D.) as Wittleseia. The meaning is "Wit(t)el’s island", deriving from either Witil, "the name of a moneyer", or a diminutive of Witta, a personal name; + "eg", meaning "'island', also used of a piece of firm land in a fen."
Before the draining of the fens, Whittlesey was an island of dry ground surrounded by the marshy fens. Excavations of nearby Flag Fen indicate thriving local settlements as far back as 1000 BC. At Must Farm quarry, a Bronze Age settlement is described as 'Britain's Pompeii' due to its relatively good condition
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If only... time could freeze,
at the wish of your heart.
So that, you could cherish the breeze,
of happiness that just took its start.
If only... time could go back,
at the thought of your brain.
So that, you could probably go and smack,
all the wrong-doings that bring you pain.
If only... time could show what lay ahead,
at the death of your soul.
So that, you could peacefully lie dead,
realising this was the best end for your stroll.
This clock was damaged when the A-bomb was exploded over Nagasaki at 11.02 local time on 9th August 1945.
The bomb used 6.4kg of Plutonium and had an explosive power equivalent to 21 thousand tons of TNT. Between 40,000 and 80,000 people were killed.
Sep 2 2017 - What's become a Montreal landmark on the St Lawrence River.. the Old Port's Clock Tower that's free to climb.. you get a limited view of the city but a more interesting view of the backside workings of the 4 clocks at the top.
After a query from a friend following the previous clock.
Thanks again Timothy Valentine for the original: www.flickr.com/photos/el_ramon/40405629643.
In case you are not familiar with all of the symbols in some of these formulas: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_and_ceiling_functions