Clock Tower

At the top of the hill in Great Bend, the massive Clock Tower looms more than 350 feet tall. The iconic clock tolls the hour and can be heard across much of Norrilund. The lower section of the tower has six sides and is constructed from limestone bricks quarried from Hulry. The top section of the tower has only four sides, facing towards Carding Bridge, Riverside Gardens, the House of Parliament, and Bend View, and is a framed spire of cast iron.
The clock dials are set in an iron frame 30 feet in diameter, supporting hundreds of pieces of opal glass, rather like a stained-glass window. Some of the glass pieces may be removed for inspection of the hands. The surround of the dials is gilded. The pendulum is installed within an enclosed windproof box sunk beneath the clockroom. It is 13 feet long, weighs 660 pounds and beats every 2 seconds. The clockwork mechanism in a room below weighs 5 tons. On top of the pendulum is a small stack of old penny coins; these are to adjust the time of the clock. Adding a coin has the effect of minutely lifting the position of the pendulum's centre of mass, reducing the effective length of the pendulum rod and hence increasing the rate at which the pendulum swings.
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