The clockworks are a monument to the invention of measured time. This 30' clock tower contains, at its heart, a tangle of large wooden gears that slowly turn the hands of three clock faces. The movement is powered by two large weights that are wound up daily. A long swinging pendulum inside the tower regulates the beat. Three large bells made from welder's tanks hang inside the tower waiting for clock to strike its song hourly until the clock meets its end in a fiery climax.
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Clockworks by Liam McNamara

Photo by: Mark Hammon

Year: 2005

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The clockworks are a monument to the invention of measured time. This 30' clock tower contains, at its heart, a tangle of large wooden gears that slowly turn the hands of three clock faces. The movement is powered by two large weights that are wound up daily. A long swinging pendulum inside the tower regulates the beat. Three large bells made from welder's tanks hang inside the tower waiting for clock to strike its song hourly until the clock meets its end in a fiery climax.

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