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Now the clock and its entourage of mechanical parts are on hiatus in Freeport, Maine, for a much-needed face lift. “I suppose if you’ve been locked up in a tower for more than 100 years, you ...
The Seychelles' renowned clock tower is chiming once again following repair work done on the national monument to replace the inner mechanism, which blew up a few weeks back.
The clock tower, which back then cost around $468 — about $12,300 in today’s dollars — was made of cast iron by Gillet & Johnson, a clockmaker and bell foundry based in Croydon, England.