Clock

Object Name:

Clock

Object ID:

1995.104

Creator:

Howard, Edward

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1867

Description:

Tower clock by E. Howard & Co., Boston, MA, 1867. Serial number 51. Originally installed in 1873 in clock tower of Concord Board of Trade building on west side of Main Street. Restored in 1998 and installed in new street-level clock tower on east side of Main Street. Weight-driven time and strike. Painted cast iron frame. Brass wheels on steel shafts. Steel pinions. Cast iron pendulum bob weighing 75 lbs., on wooden shaft., with steel adjustment knob at top. Deadbeat escapement. Four black painted cast iron dials, 6 ft. diam., with Roman numerals and black painted wooden hands, backed by new glass. Operates in conjunction with original steel bell, which was donated to NHHS separately (1994.058).

Material:

Metal
Iron
Steel
Brass
Wood
Glass

Provenance:

Installed in the clock tower of the Concord Board of Trade building on North Main Street in 1873. Operated with steel bell (1994.058) until the tower was taken down in 1951. The clock and bell were removed from Concord and not discovered until the 1980s. Most of the clock parts were located by Duncan McGowan and returned to Concord, where they were delivered to Mitchell & Bosworth, clock repairers. Ownership of the clock was transferred to Concord Regional Development Corp. and then to NHHS in 1995. In July 1997, NHHS hired Balzer Family Clock Works of Freeport, ME, to restore the clock. It was installed in the new street-level clock tower on Main Street in 1998, and started running 12/17/1998.

Credit Line:

Gift of Concord Regional Development Corporation

People:

Howard, Edward (1813-1904)

Subjects:

Clocks & watches, Clock towers