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To me, CMU is like jail. When I was in, I wanted out. Now that I'm out, I want back in. Anyhow, here's the nice clock.
An inside look at the clock tower in Bangor, PA. The antique four-faced clock was manufactured by the E. Howard Clock Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, and was installed in the borough hall in 1907. In addition to being Bangor’s timepiece, the clock chimed a coded ring to alert the borough fire department as to the location of the fire. They also used the tower to hang the fire hoses after a fire to dry.
After a period of neglect when the chimes fell silent, the Slate Belt Heritage Center, under the guidance and care of Jay Albert, brought the historic clock back to life again in early 2000. The help of a generous personal donation helped Jay to single-handedly restore the faces. The clock mechanism was restored by David Morgan, former president of the Worldwide Clock Towers Association.
Check out the Slate Belt Heritage Center for other neat regional history and artifacts.
Super retro vintage flip clock, made by General Electric likely in the 1960s. Mod design with rounded corners and oh-so cool details.
The clock over the Corn Exchange with its two minute hands. Bristol being 2 degrees, 36 minutes west of Greenwich, the sun is at its noon peak nearly eleven minutes later than at Greenwich. Prior to the railways, this time difference scarcely mattered, most towns keeping their own time. 1841 saw the first train pull in to Temple Meads station, heralding the dawn of the rail era in Bristol. Since the railways ran on Greenwich Mean Time, this meant Bristolians had to compensate for the eleven minutes difference. Thus the noon train would leave at 1149 hrs local time; to assist travellers, clocks were given two minute hands, Bristol Time and GMT. Bristol adopted GMT in 1852, ending this discrepancy.
This is such a wonderful clock
Telford Shopping Centre's most striking feature is a giant clock above its central square. Called the Telford Time Machine, it weighs four tonnes, spans 16 m and incorporates a frog that winks and blows bubbles at passers-by.
The clock was designed by artist and writer Kit Williams, and adds a much-needed dash of colour to the 78,965 sq m (850,000 sq ft) centre. While attracting an average of 300,000 visitors a week, more than twice the population of Telford, the shopping centre's layout is increasingly seen as an obstacle to growth.
The famous Wells clock is considered to be the second oldest clock mechanism in Britain, and probably in the world, to survive in original condition and still in use.
The original works were made about 1390 and the clock face is the oldest surviving original of its kind anywhere.When the clock strikes every quarter, jousting knights rush round above the clock and the Quarter Jack bangs the quarter hours with his heels.
I picked up this old clock in an antique market in Taiwan during one of my many postings there (1998). The clock is made in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, I do not know its age. The interesting part about this clock is the glass panels on the side that allows you to see the clockwork in action. Happy to say the clock works perfectly well and chimes on the hour, every hour. It now lives its life as a bookend on my shelf.
Grand reminder of its days as a train station. With a scale model of the Statue Of Lberty right under it.
View of Clock Mechanism of Leeds Town Hall Clock,from inside the dome.
(Note the angular stone interior as opposed to the curved lead exterior of the dome)
These are the actual "Turning" mechanism for the clock hands.
Berlin, Germany
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Clock_(Alexanderplatz
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The McAfee Clock Tower on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois on May 1, 2015. (Jay Grabiec)
Most amazing (digital) clock I've ever seen, though I still prefer analog clocks with dials!
Buy it here: www.littleclockshop.com/jumbo_display_alarm_clock.html
Belton House - Lincolnshire
From the National Trust's website:
"The perfect English country house?
Built for Sir John Brownlow in the 1680s, Belton House has all the design features of a classic English country home. Sitting in formal Italian and Dutch gardens and an historic 1300 acre deer park, Belton is often cited as the quintessential country house estate."