5/5 Rob S. 8 months ago on Google • 49 reviews
This
visit
was
very
worthwhile.
According
to
the
sign
on
the
street,
the
clock
tower
‘tour’
runs
from
11
am
to
4pm
on
Saturday
only.
It
was
minimally
priced.
As
a
senior
I
paid
only
$6.
The
charm
of
the
building
starts
with
the
elevator
floor
dial.
It’s
one
of
those
arched
dials
with
a
pointer
that
move
to
show
you
what’s
floor
the
elevator
is
at.
The
clock
tower
is
just
above
the
15th
floor,
and
the
Bromo
Seltzer
museum
on
that
floor
is
very
interesting.
The
star
of
the
show
is
the
clock
tower
room.
What
I
first
noticed
was
the
clacking
of
the
relays
that
control
the
elevators.
In
this
digital
electronics
age,
it
was
a
blast
to
see
an
old
fashioned
relay
panel
(at
least
it
was
to
me).
There
are
also
the
old
Otis
motors
running
the
elevators.
The
clock
mechanism
is
pretty
amazing.
Driven
by
weights
and
regulated
by
a
pendulum,
the
intricate
drive
turns
the
hands
on
four
dials
simultaneously.
The
guide
said
that
the
clock
advances
two
seconds
for
every
swing
of
the
pendulum.
The
frosted
glass
dials
are
held
in
by
massive
clamps,
which
look
like
they
can
be
removed
to
do
maintenance
on
the
clock
hands.
You
also
see
the
led
floods
that
back
illuminate
the
dials
at
night.
And
finally,
you
can
walk
down
the
stairway
to
see
informal
exhibits
of
the
resident
artists’
works.
All
in
all,
a
worthwhile
hour-and-a-half
on
a
Saturday
morning.
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