On a chilly winter day in 1881, a new bell rang out on the west end of the village of Spartanburg, signaling the end of one era and the beginning of another. Installed in concert with a clock atop the ...
The Concord Board of Trade Building is pictured in 1873 shortly after the dedication ceremony. Credit: JAMES W. SPAIN COLLECTION—Courtesy “How soft the music of those village bells, falling at ...
Inside Davenport City Hall's clock tower is a 1895 Howard No. 0 Special Striker. Its clockwork turns the hands of the public-facing dial and rings a 1874 bell every hour for the first time in recent ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- New video shows the moment one of the clock faces from the Purdue University Bell Tower came crashing down in West Lafayette, Indiana. No one was hurt, but it was a close call ...
SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS AT SIX. THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG HAS ANNOUNCED A SETTLEMENT FOR THE LAWSUIT REGARDING THE CITY’S DOWNTOWN CLOCK TOWER. THE CITY SAYS THE ...
An agreement has been reached between the City of Spartanburg and a citizens group to save the downtown clock tower. The tower will be relocated from its current location to accommodate the ...
Big Ben is often spoken of as if it were a single object, but the reality is more layered. The name refers to the Great Bell, ...
If you have visited downtown Spartanburg this week, you have likely noticed that the West Main Street clock tower is all but totally dismantled. City leaders will soon turn their attention to finding ...
The bells of a historic town hall have been limited after a noise complaint from a resident about their 15-minute increments. Birkenhead Town Halls’ bells now only chime once an hour after it was ...
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