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Built in 1882, the Dock Clock Tower and Tide Gauge House in Cape Town has been an icon on the docks for more than a century. This much loved National Monument was used as the Port Captain's centre of operations until 1904, when his offices moved across the cut to the Pierhead.
Beneath the Clock Tower is a well-like shaft, which is linked to the sea by a tide gauge mechanism. This indicates the exact state of the tide to vessels entering the docks. The second floor of the building houses the mirror room. Lined wall to wall with mirrors, this room allowed the Port Captain a 360 degree view of all the activities in the docks.
The restoration of the Clock Tower took place in 1997/8 under the skilful leadership of architect Gabriel Fagan. The original clock that was made by Ritchie & Son of Edinburgh remains in use today thanks to the restoration.
In fact, since all photographs of the old building were in black and white, the only way to find the original red coloured paint was to peel the white paint off by hand in order to find out what was underneath. - Source V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. - *BEST VIEWED LARGE*
The „World clock” (Világóra in Hungarian) is in the city of Gyula, in Southern Hungary. Interesting place to check curiosity of what time is in the other cities around the globe. It's not a big monument but fits into the scenery well.
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Apex of the bandstand at Merton Abbey Mills. London Borough of Merton.
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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.
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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electronically-driven tuning fork clock mechanism about 1971. The clock hums to itself. The technology predates quartz clock movements. It has been overhauled once in 35 years.
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
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