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Clock Tower of Graz (Grazer Uhrturm)
(Yes I know, 100.000 people already made a picture which is for one hundered percent identical to this one...)
Something isn’t quite right here. What is odd about the face of the clock tower of Graz? A faulty city emblem? No way! Anyone taking a longer look will spot it readily; here time has a different priority. Hours count for more than minutes, and justifiably so, because the area beneath the clock tower is magical and, if you turn round and let your gaze wander over the gardens and city, you will also know why.
The fortified medieval tower got its present shape around 1560. And its characteristic wooden gallery as a fire station. Three bells are ringing from the Clock Tower. Three coats of arms decorate the walls.
A tower on this spot of the hill was first mentioned in the 13th century. When the fortress was reconstructed in the middle of the 16th century, the tower was given its present shape. The hands on the huge clockfaces often confuse people. Is the clock out of order? No. The fact that originally there were only long hands for the hours which could be seen from the distance, and that those for the minutes were added only later caused the "swapping" of the hands. The clockworks, made by Michael Sylvester Funck in 1712, are still working but have been driven electronically since the middle of the 20th century. When there was fire in the city the fire bell informed the fire brigade about it.
(Source: www.graztourismus.at)
18th Floor of the Daniels & Fisher Clocktower, Denver.... I know not everyone loves the clocktower as much as I, but ya gotta admit being on the inside of it is kinda cool, right?
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accept a lot of different points of view as being perfectly valid. But
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--"The West Wing" (NBC)
No longer the WH Smith newsagent's and stationer, I think, but this charming clocktower is still on the roof, with a paper boy flourishing his newspaper. It actually says WH Smith & Son round the clock face.
16th Street Mall, Denver... Clocktower lit up blue for National Diabetes Week/Day/Month something or other... Bus going into warp drive while I was snapping the shot apparently...
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This beautiful clocktower is located on a corner of the castle as you enter the parking lot of Dunrobin Castle.
A work that went wrong.
The colors and the elements (made apart) are a bit messed up, and I worked on this so much that I won`t fix them. It`s not that bad, but I dunno. I wanted to sub because it`s better than many shit out there.
Visitem minha loja no Etsy!
Take a time to visit my Etsy shop!
www.etsy.com/shop/Tolagunestro?ref=pr_shop
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Morning seen from the 20th floor of the Daniels & Fisher Clocktower... sunrises and sunsets in this state make me think there has to be a higher power.. then I get up early for this morning and not a touch of color.. so I reserve the right to change my mind...
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The Clock Tower was built between 1403 and 1412, probably finished in 1405. It was built in the market place, then much larger and triangular in shape, its outline still clear in the street plan. The tower was built close to the Eleanor Cross. Twelve Eleanor crosses were constructed throughout eastern England under the orders of King Edward I between 1291 and 1294 in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castile. The site of each cross marks the nightly resting place of Eleanor's funeral procession.
The people of St Albans built the tower as a symbol of their resistance against the power of the abbot of St Albans. By deciding their own times in which to trade and ring curfew they could achieve independence from the dictates of the Abbey.
The Clock Tower contains two bells, one familiarly known as Gabriel and the Market bell. Gabriel is the larger and much older of the two and is so named as result of the inscription on the bell "Missi De Celis Habeo Nomen Gabrielis" ("I am Heaven sent, in Gabriel's name"). Although the date of its construction is unknown, John Harris of the British Archaeological Association believed that it was cast c.1335. Gabriels diameter is approximately 3 ft 10 in and it weighs roughly one ton. Gabriel would have been rung at approximately 4 am in the morning to mark the Angelus, and again at 8–9 pm at night for the curfew. In addition, the bells could also be run in the event of emergencies, this could be something as simple as a fire, or as historic as the First Battle of St Albans, seen as the first battle of the War of the Roses on 22 May, 1455.
Another mobile phone photo taken from the 11th floor of the Maldron Hotel in Manchester, overlooking the Kimpton Clocktower in the foreground and some of the Manchester skyline beyond. I processed this one using Capture One Pro, then generated a monochrome layer using Nik Silver Effex Pro II and used Ps6 to overlay the monochrome layer at a reduced transparency to produce a crisp and slightly desaturated feel to the image.
Herne Bay is my family hometown in Kent England, this was taken in Winter 2013 at the old Clocktower
Originally constructed in 1723 the facilitiy at the head of the docks was used as a "present use store" for materials needed by ships under construction or repair. Such items included lead, iron, copper, oakum (for caulking), pitch and tar. The top floor was used as a mould loft, and the six ground floor bays at the north (far) end of the building were left open and used as sawpits. The store was rebuilt in 1802, when its original timber cladding was replaced by the brick skin visible today and a slate hipped roof added.
The clock has three bells: the hour bell is dated 1702 and the half- and quarter-hour bells date from the time of its reconstruction. The clock tower has a low base with mullion windows on each side, a weathered band to the clock tower with clock faces on each side. Above four curved brackets rise to a swept pyramidal roof with gilded ball and finial. The clock tower is second-hand, having originally been fitted on a 17th century building elsewhere on the site.
Built during the same phase of construction work as the Sail Loft and the dockyard’s boundary walls, this is part of a fine assemblage of Georgian naval buildings still found in Chatham Historic Dockyard. It is the oldest naval store-house to survive in any of the Royal Dockyards.
In the 20th century the building was converted into office accommodation. It was structurally restored in 1992-93 and adapted in 1996-97 to become the University of Kent's Bridge Warden's College.
Catching up with photos from the summer, although this doesn't look very summery. On Sunday 19th August, we took a walk to the Guildhall Square to see some old cars in the Clocktower Classics show. We peered at the cars over the barriers though, as we were reluctant to pay to go to the show! As you can see, we had a good view of this row of classic Minis!
Last photo from the event. I didn't take many on this drizzly day, but these group caught my eye! The 'Moggy Minors' are a favourite of Tim's, and I'm not sure, but I believe the black one is a Lotus - I should know, as I have a soft spot for Lotuses!