Monday, January 14, 2013

Just like clockwork!



Wichita/Sedgwick County Historical Society Museum - click to enlarge
Photo: Mike Hutmacher/Wichita Eagle www.kansas.com
  I have seen photos of different clockworks in towers like this one before.  But, this one is different, the clock is not up there.  I also don't know the original use of the building, it may have been a library or train station, I've never been there either.  I do know it's made of limestone and is quite old.
This is where the "clock" is, and please notice the pipe
going up, it's narrow and best seen over the E in Museum. - click to enlarge
Photo: Mike Hutmacher/Wichita Eagle www.kansas.com
When the pipe reaches the top it drives these gears which in turn
drive four more pipes the the hands of the clock faces. - click to enlarge
Photo: Mike Hutmacher/Wichita Eagle www.kansas.com
You can clearly see the pipes now, and see how
the clock faces are lit.
Photo: Mike Hutmacher/Wichita Eagle www.kansas.com

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