Martina Rugiadi, Beth Saunders, Joseph Scheier-Dolberg, Femke Speelberg. The 'Clockmaker Index' lists clock and watch makers with details of the magazine(s) in which they have appeared. Clockmaker: Ahasuerus I Fromanteel (British, Norwich, England 16071693). bankers Bryan Saunders, ecclesiastical woodcarver Coggeshall, Essex. The 'General Horology Index' is an alphabetical list of topics covered. pharmacists Braintree, Essex AA Osborne & Son, clockmakers Chigwell, Essex. We could see the working mechanism of the clock which was enclosed in a glass casing, and the working was explained briefly on the plaques installed at the base.This volume runs from July 1979 to June 1980 inclusive. This one too has an electrical back-up to keep it going. But there are very few such steam clocks in existence around the world as their mechanism is not very precise. The clock itself is not an antique as it was built in 1977, much after the settlement of Gastown, one of the earliest settlements of Vancouver, came into being.
Do not get too close to the clock with your cell-phone otherwise you are likely to get a spray of steam on yourself. The world’s first steam clock is often credited to John Inshaw, who supposedly built the clock to attract customers to his tavern in Birmingham, UK during the mid-19 th century. At the time, it was considered either the first or second steam-powered clock ever built. We had to wait for some time before it blew and then it was indeed fascinating to watch. The Gastown steam clock was made by Canadian clockmaker Raymond Saunders. It is fascinating to watch when it blows it’s musical whistle and sounds like a hissing Big Ben. As such it is not a very impressive structure, and we almost missed it but for the small crowd standing nearby. We walked in to Gastown from the Waterfront Station to have a look at the clock at the corner of Cambie and Water Streets. It was installed there to prevent people from sleeping on the grate in the cold weather. The clock mechanism is powered by the steam emanating from the grate of the distributed underground steam heating system of Vancouver. The Steam Clock of Gastown in Vancouver is an iconic monument of Downtown Vancouver. However, owing to the clock's high noise levels and inability to keep accurate time, since 1986 the clock has been powered by an electric motor that was originally intended solely as a back-up system. The steam engine that originally ran the clock is a Stuart #4 single expansion double acting 1" piston engine.This engine is still visible through the glass sides of the clock. Incorporating a steam engine and electric motors, the clock displays the time on four faces and announces the quarter hours with a whistle chime that plays the Westminster Quarters.The clock produces a puff of steam from its top on the hour.The clock is featured on the cover for the 2011 Nickelback album Here and Now. Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 at the corner of Cambie and Water streets in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood, to deter people from sleeping on top of steam grate of distributed steam heating system in cold weather.Although the clock is now owned by the City of Vancouver, funding for the project, estimated to be about $C58,000, was provided by contributions from local merchants, property owners, and private donors.
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