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Bintulu Clocktower, this is an old picture, ( noticed a plane is taking off ?? ) The old airport is no more in use nowaday.
The double staircase was supposed to ease throughflow - one stair for going up and another for going down
The machinery inside the clock is a recent replacement of the original workings and is quite a complicated affair described below.
The heart of the Clock is a complicated system of gear wheels
located within a large cruciform metal framework at the center
of the Tower. The true ‘engine’ of the entire timepiece, this can be
broadly divided into 4 distinct sections; along with these there is
the machinery for the astronomical clock face and the workings
of the clock barrels. Also known as ‘clock trains’, these 4 sections
are similar in appearance and basically comprise: a barrel around
which is wound a chain (formerly a rope) to which is attached the
motor weight (100 kgs); an intermediate wheel; a rotating fan that
serves as an aerodynamic brake to regulate the weight’s speed of
descent and thus the interval between clock strokes.
The fans are equipped with a ratchet that makes a very
recognisable sound; this is activated at the end of each series of
strokes and serves to disperse the accumulated kinetic energy
when the rotating mechanism comes to an abrupt halt.
The clock train transmits the impulses which enable the pendulum
to continue its isochronic oscillations. It also comes into play at
fixed intervals to trigger the other trains of wheels and pins.
By means of thin vertical rods, it activates the barrel machinery
every 5 minutes; as a result the minute barrel rotates through 30°
(1/12 of a turn). Every 60 minutes, the hour barrel does the same.
Upon each hour, the train mechanism for the Two Moors is
activated. Two minutes before the hour, the Moor on the right
strikes the bell; two minute after the hour, it is the turn of the
Moor on the left.
This is why the mechanism is described as a ‘re-striking’ one. With
the hammers they hold, each Moor strikes the bell on the top of
the tower a total of from one to twelve blows, depending upon the
hour. Finally, every 12 hours, the 132-stroke train is set in motion.
These 132 ‘meridian’ strokes occur at midday and midnight before
the Moors strike the bell. They are rung by 2 supplementary
hammers placed around the circumference of the bell; the number
of strokes corresponds to that of the strokes hit by the two Moors
in the previous 11 hours. The barrel mechanism also operates the
astronomical machinery via the Moors wheel, which goes through
a complete rotation every two hours, and a 22-tooth pinion. This
latter goes through 12 rotations a day, turning all 264 teeth (22×12)
on the large wheel, which turns the sun clock-hand through one
entire circuit per day.
Finally, via a return mechanism and a long axle under the clock
machinery, the Barrel Mechanism also operates the hour hand on
the clock face giving onto the Mercerie.
The whole thing is driven by means of 5 train mechanisms,
periodically recharged by the raising of the weights.
The pendulum and the anchor escapement regulate the perfect
release of energy, so that the mechanism works in a constant, even
manner. Still perfectly functional, the entire structure dates back
to 1753-57, when Bartolomeo Ferracina significantly modified the
original machinery built at the end of the 15th century by G. Carlo
Ranieri.
The Clocktower ,partly assembled at the "shipyard" .A artist and R&D shop in Berkeley. Most of the people who worked on this project went on to build the Neverwas Haul.
From the summer of 1978 to very early in 1981, I worked in Keynsham, and rather liked the place. At lunchtime, I would stroll along the High Street, buy a pasty or pie and a jam doughnut in the baker's, browse the car and lorry magazines in the newsagents (mainly as an excuse to chat up the young lady behind the counter), and thereby pass an agreeable half hour before going back to work.
Up at the far end of the High Street (the end nearest Bath) was a small modern shopping precinct, with a library and council offices attached. I quite often went into the library, either for general reading matter, or for textbooks (I was studying at technical college at the time, doing my engineering apprenticeship, and too skint to buy books). There was a good DIY hardware shop.
We now have family living in the town, so visit again regularly, after a break of thirty years. That modern shopping centre is soon to be demolished and re-developed.
So much for modernity.
UPDATE - 10 OCTOBER 2012: according to the BBC news, demolition has now begun.
I had lunch on February 1, 2011 at Las Fuentes Mexican Restaurant in the Clocktower at Chelsea, Michigan. The historic Clocktower building and adjoining buildings of the old Glazier Stoveworks have been developed into a nice commercial and retail center.
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A lil photos I shot at the Clocktower Rail jam!big thanks to Top of the world and Half Cab for the great event!
Clock Tower next to the Kowloon Ferry Terminal. I'm told this was the terminus for the Orient Express
I had lunch with friends on July 18 at Las Fuentes Restaurant in the Clocktower Commons
at Chelsea, Michigan. The Day Lilies were blooming profusely in the garden plantings.
The clocktower of the historic Glazier Stove Works has been a long-time landmark in Chelsea.
The complex of buildings has recently been refurbished and now houses a variety of office
and commercial enterprises, as well as the restaurant.