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We have little information about this Arbroath clock, whether Willocks added his name to it or whether he actually made it. Wikipedia provides the following advertisement, taken from the Dundee Courier of January 7, 1882: "Watches, Clocks and Jewellery at lowest wholesale prices. James Willocks' removal sale. Brothock Bridge, Arbroath. James Willocks, Watchmaker and Jeweller, will remove next month to shop, 105, High Street, Arbroath.
Silver jewellery in bracelets, lockets, necklets, brooches, and earrings, clearing out cheap at Willocks removal sale Arbroath."
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*
Typ: AB 2
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Nr.: 4761
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Farbe/ colour/ color: blau/ blue/ azul
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Jahr/ year / año: 1984
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Designer: Greubel/ Rams
The clock at Corpus Christi College. I actually know the guy whose firm made chunks of it... It's, errmm, interesting - and very hard to photograph because of reflections from the thick sheet of glass in front of it, hence the skewed viewpoint.
Meter clock slave. Uses a PIC16F628A to drive 3 voltmeters to show hours mins and seconds. Time is synchronized to my DCF77 Master clock every 60 seconds. Hourly chime is via a ISD1700 series record and playback chip. This is also synchronized to my master clock. Based on a project by Alan Parekh.
Bird's-eye view of a large post office on the corner of a downtown street. The post
office features a clock tower.
Digital Collection:
North Carolina Postcards
Publisher:
Block's 5 & 10c Store, New Bern, N.C.
Date:
1910
Location:
New Bern (N.C.); Craven County (N.C.);
Collection in Repository
Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077); collection guide available
online at www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/77barbour/77barbour.html
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.
We visited London during our 2010 visit to the UK. We had a lovely day with beautiful weather, and enjoyed the area around the Wheel and Westminster Abbey. This is the clock (sometimes called Big Ben) on the Houses of Parliament.
Image processed with GIMP.
Town clock Downham Market.
Presented to to the town by James Scot 1878
Also a second Plaque
at the base.
Downham Market Town council
This plaque commemorates a century of faithful service by the towns timekeeper and symbol 1978.
MARKET PLACE
1. (North Side)
1051
Grade II Listed Clock Tower,
south east of No 10.
Downham Market, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk. PE381878,
by William Cunliffe of London, cast iron, Gothic in style, octagonal
base and shaft with ornamental panels, supporting clock with 4 faces and pyramidal
roof with ornamental gables. NMR photograph.