Clocks in different cities
Photos © by Will T Rogers, Queens NY
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An unusual "clock" near Versailles, France train station, good for viewing from passing planes
Hampton Court, London first built in 1540 to tell the hour, day, month, sun position, moon phases, and so on; time shown 11:30AM
In The East (Greenwich) Village, NY; Abraham Lincoln once spoke at Cooper Union
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Nearly eleven in the morning in New Orleans
Some clocks that use Roman numerals show the four hour as "IIII" and some as "IV"
Mystery locations (no longer remembered)
Paris, France
"Big Ben" informally refers to the clock's bell, the clock, or the tower
For centuries keepers of tower-clocks have been responsible to wind and set the clocks, keep the clocks in good working order, and conduct tours as needed; the clock at Westminster is wound three times a week by the master clock keeper and assistants
New Jersey on left; Bermuda, near the docks on right
Atlantic City
Was a factory; now an expensive apartment that might still display four clocks to the neighborhood
Wall Street
Hoboken, NJ tower; now the site of New Jersey Transit commuter trains; was once the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Terminal
Either Virginia Beach or Myrtle Beach; can't remember
Giant pocket watch
Message in picture has been altered by photographer
Toronto heritage brewery site
Downtown Charleston, SC at left; gift made to the College of Charleston at right
Long ago clock
Photographer's kitchen
What's inside some clocks
Grand Central Terminal, NY
The Gate Clock bar at Greenwich, London near Deptford Creek and the Thames
Night Time
Met Life building on right
Market Street, San Francisco
Savannah, GA at dusk
Toronto
Hamilton, Bermuda's wind-direction clock
Brighten England, from where you can sail 22 miles or so to get to France
Leeds, populated since 5th century in what is today West Yorkshire (third largest city in UK)
Downtown Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Beach boardwalk; a sundial is a mollusk that resembles a time-telling sundial
Philadelphia Amtrak train station
New Haven, CT at left; New London, CT at right
PICTURES OF OTHER CITIES AND PLACES
Nov 22 2024
Hampton Court, London first built in 1540 to tell the hour, day, month, sun position, moon phases, and so on; time shown 11:30AM
For centuries keepers of tower-clocks have been responsible to wind and set the clocks, keep the clocks in good working order, and conduct tours as needed; the clock at Westminster is wound three times a week by the master clock keeper and assistants
Hoboken, NJ tower; now the site of New Jersey Transit commuter trains; was once the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Terminal