street clock
{{Short description|Type of clock}}
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A street clock or post clock is a clock mounted on top of a post typically installed in a streetscape or other urban or park setting.
History
A less common kind of street clock can be found on Maiden Lane in Manhattan, New York. In the late 19th century, William Barthman Jewelers had a clock embedded in the sidewalk.{{cite news |first=Jen |last=Carlson |work=Gothamist |title=A Clock Has Been Embedded In This Manhattan Sidewalk Since The 1800s |url=http://gothamist.com/2014/09/29/sidewalk_clock_nyc.php |date=September 29, 2014 |access-date=April 9, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409080541/http://gothamist.com/2014/09/29/sidewalk_clock_nyc.php |archive-date=April 9, 2015 }}{{cite news |first=Anna |last=Kannapell |newspaper=The New York Times |title=F.Y.I. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/26/nyregion/fyi-492515.html |date=June 26, 1994 |access-date=April 9, 2015}} {{as of|2014}}, the clock remains visible and maintained.
Past street clock manufacturers in the United States included:
Current street clock manufacturers in the United States:
- Tower Clocks USA
- The Verdin Company
Examples
File:Street clock, Bar Harbor.jpg|On Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine
File:Street clock, Bath, Maine.jpg|Built in Boston, Massachusetts, by Seth Thomas Clock Company in 1911, it was moved to Bath, Maine, in 1915[https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=77085 Bath Street Clock] – Historical Marker Database
File:Street clock, City Market, Savannah.jpg|In Ellis Square, Savannah, Georgia
File:Hollywood Boulevard Clock.jpg|William Stromberg Clock on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California
See also
References
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{{Commons category|Street clocks}}
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