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The original clock dates back 129 years to June 22, 1896, when wealthy businessman James E. Hayden purchased it to be installed in the town hall tower for his fellow citizens to enjoy. Hayden then ...
Windham’s historic town hall clock will be restarted this week, according to town officials. The celebration is scheduled for Friday at 11:30 a.m. on Main St. in Willimantic. The Daughters of ...
Burnley Town Hall’s clock was illuminated in green last week in support of Tourette’s Awareness Month, which runs from until June 15. The lighting on the clock on Friday (June 6) supported the ...
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has just dropped a behind-the-scenes look at the painstaking restoration of the iconic clock tower, once the tallest building in the city about 120 years ago ...
It wasn't until 1904 that the Wellington Clock Tower in Swanage finally lived up to the second part of its name. A new clock mechanism, with four faces, was gifted by another local benefactor, Mr ...
“The town of Potsdam and SUNY Potsdam both hold an important place for me and for my family Potsdam provided for me and many others a place for learning and personal growth,” Satterlee said. After ...
Likely constructed in the first century BCE, the Tower of the Winds in Athens is sometimes described as the world’s first clock tower. It contained a water clock inside and several sundials on its ...
Updated: Mar 31, 2025 / 05:35 PM EDT SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy announced the rehabilitation of the city hall clock tower is underway.
The clock was inaugurated on 16 April 1908, and in 1939, the Town Hall nearly burnt to the ground due to an electrical short circuit. A passer-by noticed the smouldering fire and called the fire ...
Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy announced the rehabilitation of the city hall clock tower is underway. Crews will be active on the Liberty Street side of Schenectady City Hall for several months ...
Work will begin on Schenectady City Hall's clock tower, starting Monday. Rehabilitation work on this historic tower will be done by Mid-State Industries.
Clock towers in Delhi Clock towers are not new to Delhi. The New Delhi Town Hall near Jantar Mantar was built in 1933 and inaugurated by Viceroy Lord Willingdon.