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 and Clock Collectors. |
| Welcome to the Web pages of the Clockwork Historian. | |||
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| My primary interest is in research and writing on the early clockmakers of New England, as well as other subjects horological that happen to be of interest. Of special interest are the early makers of tower clocks, and their ingenious ventures into practicing the clockmaker's art, and their mastery of the clockmaker's artistry. The background of this page illustrates the magnificent 1822 Stephen Hasham tower clock installed in the tower of the Congregational Church in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The clock has survived, and is now in the Berkshire Museum, just a block south of the church. It was my privilege to help reassemble the clock--it was literally in hundreds of pieces--before it was placed in the Museum. | |||
| Early American Tower Clocks | |||
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| Fred Shelley's monumental work on American Tower Clocks before 1870. It's easily the American equivalent of C.F.C. Beeson's English Church Clocks 1280 - 1850. | |||
| I'd proposed some time ago to the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors that a Tower Clock Millennium Project documenting all tower clock installations in the United States be implemented, to be completed before the advent of the year 2001. But, it didn't happen. Maybe it'll happen by 3001. | |||
| E. Howard, Seth Thomas, and Stevens |
A bit of genealogy in all this horology: |
The below are normal links. ___________________ | You may wish to take a side trip to visit the Tower Clock Chapter. |
| Since we're talking about tower clocks, go to The World's Tower Clocks, to look at tower clocks from all over. | |
was a delightful one, and comforting to a small boy who was awake."
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