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"Gastown's most famous (though nowhere near oldest) landmark is its steam-powered clock, located on the corner of Cambie and Water Street. Built to cover a steam grate, part of Vancouver's distributed steam-heating system, the clock was built as a way to harness the steam and to prevent street people from sleeping on the spot in cold weather. Its original design was faulty and it had to be powered by electricity after a breakdown. The steam mechanism was completely restored with the financial support of local businesses as it had become a major tourist attraction, and is promoted as a heritage feature although it is of modern invention." --wikipedia
Room was made for my Kaleidoscope clock, and I've added a fountain, with a stone gargoyle spitting glowing green liquid. A small table to the right holds a lamp surrounded by globes full of colored water. Its lower shelf has a small collection of Takashi glass jars; I attached a small, shrouded socket to the underside of the upper shelf to light these unobtrusively.
In one of the most beautiful houses of Themar town!
A kind of private museum (or store-room).
Full memories and history - and of so much interest for visitors!
The Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka, located in the former Governor’s Palace
Where the staff used to signal their arrival. Many of these shots aren't quite focused but I was finding the whole day quite emotional.
Clock vine (Thunbergia grandiflora) is often seen covering walls and fences. Vines take advantage of crowded environments to grow on or around other plants and climb upward toward the light.
The Clock Tower at Wheelton is a memorial to the men of Wheelton and Heapey who died in the first and second World wars.
The clock tower at Cliveden House, in Buckinghamshire, was built in 1861, and was built originally as a water tower - which still functions today!
Cliveden has been the home to the Prince of Wales, several nobles, and Nancy Astor, wife of the 2nd Viscount Astor, and is now a luxury hotel.
Being bloody cold & sleet/rain put paid to spending the last day of the kids holidays out on the bikes :o(
So instead we had a 'bedroom tidying' day to make room for new toys & presents & I got this train clock up on the wall for Keiran which he had for Christmas ........... in 2009 :o)
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