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Jun 21, 2010 · Discover Gastown Steam Clock in Vancouver, British Columbia: A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
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Steam clocks by other makers are installed in St Helier, Jersey and at the Chelsea Farmers' Market in London, England. Although they are often styled to appear as 19th-century antiques, steam clocks are a more recent phenomenon inspired by the Gastown steam clock built by Saunders in 1977.
Steam Clock. Gastown & Chinatown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America. Halfway along Water St, this oddly popular tourist magnet lures the cameras with its tooting steam whistle.
Gastown Steam Clock - British Columbia Travel and Adventure Vacations. Gastown is a national historic site in Vancouver, situated at the northeast end of Downtown, adjacent to the Downtown Eastside. Gastown was Vancouver's first.
In the bustling heart of Vancouver's Gastown, stands a curious contraption, the Gastown Steam Clock. A timekeeper of steamy pretensions, yet powered by the less romantic electric current, it looms like a grandfather clock that's lost its way to a Victorian drawing room.
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Oct 14, 2021 · Gastown's famous steam clock was built as a tourist attraction in 1977 by renowned local horologist (clockmaker) Raymond Saunders. Nestled at the corner of Cambie and Water streets, it's one of only a handful of working steam clocks in the world.
Jan 16, 2018 · While the Gastown clock does partially rely on steam to wind its mechanisms, it also has an electric motor. It whistles and shoots steam at the top of every hour and announces quarter hours with the Westminster Quarters; a common clock chime melody that’s also used by London’s “Big Ben”.
