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clock towers

linda_lightning — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:20:41 GMT

Many towns have a clock tower. They are usually attached to churches or government buildings and normally have 4 faces. I know of only onewhich has three. It is located at the junction of Northbrook St, Oxford St and London Road in Newbury, Berkshire. Does anyone know of any others?

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ed_blackadder_1 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:23:52 GMT

We have a four face one but it isnt attached to anything it stands in the town square.

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right-then-petal — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:29:27 GMT

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=791&bih=435&q=clock+towers+England&oq=clock+towers+England&gs_l=img.12...6397.23182.0.26672.22.11.2.9.3.0.86.775.11.11.0.msedr...0...1ac.1.58.img..8.14.750.eaw1y3ZOEuQ

heres a few

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cee-dee — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:33:04 GMT

Christ Church in Didsbury has 3 dials.

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suzieseaside — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:36:07 GMT

Apparently the Middlesborough Dock Clock tower only has 3 faces for the following reason:

Although the tower had four sides, there were only three clockfaces. The clock was paid for by public subscription. Either an ironworks or a shipyard refused to contribute because it didn't want its workers clockwatching.

http://www.visitmiddlesbrough.com/venues/middlesbrough-dock-clock-tower

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023mjc — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:03:56 GMT

Ours has four faces, and none of them tell the right time.

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upthecreekyetagain — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:27:18 GMT

Why is the number 4 when shown as Roman numerals on a clock face displayed as IIII rather than IV

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evoman3957 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:47:27 GMT

https://newgateclocks.com/store/information/roman4

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cee-dee — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:02:04 GMT

It's because it better "balances" the opposite numeral, VIII.

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mr-expresso — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 10:10:06 GMT

A few on here have two faces....

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cee-dee — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 10:24:23 GMT

They sure do, you're speaking from experience of course?

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electric*mayhem*band — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 12:58:21 GMT

@mr-expresso wrote:
A few on here have two faces....

This clock has no faces, and yes, it is a clock.

£250,000 was spent on this monstrosity.

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fallen-archie — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 13:35:54 GMT

For interesting examples look no further than our Railway stations. Padding ton and Waterloo both have three faced clocks, York too but with two large and one small, for pure beauty try the Tiffany stained glass Clock at Grand Central station New York.