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The Foundry Clock Man by Peter Diepenbrock.
Providence, Rhode Island.
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The clock tower was built between 1403 and 1412 and is believed to have been a protest against the local abbey regulating time in the town. It is claimed that it is the only medieval town belfry remaining in England.
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Medieval Marketplace
Welcome to the third project of my little medieval town - Medieval Marketplace!
In my marketplace you can see a tall tower with an astronomical clock on one side (a copy of the Old Town Hall Tower) and ordinary clocks on the other.
On the same square, life is in full swing! Here you will see a butcher chopping a piece of meat for the next customer - an old astronomer in a luxurious hat, and a fish merchant. A prosperous merchant with all kinds of trinkets, living in a house near the tower and unloading all sorts of supplies from the cart. A baker just baked another pretzel in his bakery. Well and of course the guards keeping order. :)
The project also includes 10 minifigures:
a jester fireman,
two guards,
a merchant of some supplies,
a fish merchant,
a baker,
a butcher,
two peasants,
a horse
The second floor of the houses and the roofs are easily removed. The whole model is fully playable. The tower is empty inside.
I was inspired to create this project by my trip to Prague last summer. Initially, I planned to create a project only for the Astronomical Clock (Old Town Hall Tower), but having built the tower, I decided to slightly change it and add a market square to it - in the end it’s a fantasy! :)
Also, when building this project, I was inspired by such clock towers as The Zytglogge and Ledbury Clock Tower, and a set of lego castle 10193 medieval marketplace.
I hope you enjoyed
DominikQN
The clock was erected in 1899 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria two years earlier. It was designed by Chester architect, John Douglas and since 1955 it has been a Grade I listed building.
It is usually viewed from below at street level but this view is from the Roman walls of the City where it was erected.
It is reputed to be the second most photographed clock in the UK after Big Ben.
The Yates building, constructed in 1880, did not have a working clock in the tower until 2017. It was originally the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and now is the headquarters of the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture.
A left handed clock. Its surprisingly easy to read if you don't think too hard about it. A larger view of the puzzle posted earlier.
Clock programmed using Processing. The 'planets' follow the hour, minute, and second hand, whilst the gradients change hue gradually each minute. The gradient is produced by changing the HSB values, with brightness highest for the outer ring and becoming darker by 10% for each ring towards the centre.
And the music is here: --> Click
Seen in the Technoseum, Mannheim, Germany
Camera: Leica R3 (10032), made in 1978
Leitz Summicron-R 90 mm (11219), made in 1977
Fujifilm Superia Xtra 800 colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
"Surely one of the most iconic images of Morningside is the Station Clock which has stood at the foot of Morningside Road (off and on) since it was gifted to the city by Messers Inches, Inman and Torrance, the then councillors for the Morningside ward in 1910 – a time when it was possible to travel by train from Morningside to Waverly via Haymarket in precisely 13 minutes!
The structure itself is an example of east-west collaboration by leading craftsmen of the time – the ironwork pillar supplied by Walter MacFarlane & Co. of Glasgow and the clock mechanism by James Ritchie & Son of Edinburgh. The craftwork of these fine Scottish companies can still be seen all over the UK, Europe and even further afield in exotic locations such as Singapore and Brazil.
The clock has of course been a familiar landmark for generations of locals and travellers alike. The writer can remember when on long trips from Dumfriesshire to visit Edinburgh as a small boy in an Austin Cambridge – sight of the clock meant that we really were ‘almost there’. And then all of sudden – the clock wasn’t there anymore!
The clock disappeared in the late Sixties during modification of the road junction and, as Charles Smith noted in his Historic South Edinburgh volumes, after it failed to re-appear after some considerable time ‘many residents made enquiries in official quarters’ which pre-empted its return, complete with new electrics installed, to restore familiar perspective of the of the station area in 1968."
Information supplied by:
edinburghsouthwest.com
The Orloj is mounted on the southern wall of Old Town Hall in the Old Town Square. The clock mechanism itself has three main components: the astronomical dial, representing the position of the Sun and Moon in the sky and displaying various astronomical details; statues of various Catholic saints stand on either side of the clock; "The Walk of the Apostles", a clockwork hourly show of figures of the Apostles and other moving sculptures—notably a figure of Death (represented by a skeleton) striking the time; and a calendar dial with medallions representing the months. According to local legend, the city will suffer if the clock is neglected and its good operation is placed in jeopardy; a ghost, mounted on the clock, was supposed to nod its head in confirmation. According to the legend, the only hope was represented by a boy born on New Year's night. The clock dates to 1410. - Wikipedia
San Giacomo di Rialto Church (Italian: Chiesa di San Giacomo di Rialto). It has a large 15th-century clock above the entrance, a useful item in the Venetian business district but regarded as a standing joke for its inaccuracy. A part of the Rialto Bridge can be seen to the right.
According to tradition, San Giacomo is the oldest church in the city, supposedly consecrated in the year 421. Although documents exist mentioning the area but not the church in 1097, the first document citing the church dates from 1152. The church was rebuilt in 1071.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Giacomo_di_Rialto
Venice is a unique artistic achievement. The city is built on 118 small islands. Venice also has one of the highest concentrations of great monuments such as Piazza San Marco with the cathedral and Palazzo Ducale.
It was from Venice that Marco Polo (1254-1324) set out in search of China, Sumatra, India and Persia.
The occurrence of exceptional high waters poses nowadays a significant threat to the protection and integrity of Venice lagoon and historic settlements.
Unesco World Heritage: "Venice and its Lagoon", dossier 394.
RD17955. The clock tower at the Gare de Lyon in Paris.
Monday, 3rd September, 2018. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
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A southbound Jubilee line train accelerates away from St John's Wood passing the station clock. A similar timepiece is on the northbound platform.
This attractive clock stands in front of the Town Hall on Main Street in Farmville, Virginia. The Town Hall sits back from the street out of view to the right of the clock in this shot.
There is so much history and interesting facts about this 600 year old clock, that I would do a disservice attempting to describe it here.
I invite you to look up facts about this amazing clock and read for yourself and be amazed.
Also, note the tile sidewalk - many of Old Prague's sidewalk are made of designs of these stones.