Stanford Clock Tower

Stanford Clock Tower

Located at the famed “Intersection of Death,” and built from a donation from trustee William Kimbell, the Clock Tower holds bells behind glass originally held in the Memorial church’s large belfry, which in 1901 was fitted with duplicates of London’s Winchester chimes. When the tower collapsed in the 1906 earthquake, the university preserved the chimes in temporary structures until the chimes were rehoused to the current clock tower with its attached, colonnaded pergola at the intersection of Escondido and Lasuen Malls.

Custodianship, including keys and logbook of the Clock Tower is passed down in a secret ceremony from guardian to guardian.The guardian is responsible for rewinding the gears periodically, an arduous task requiring the peak of physical fitness.The last known guardian is known only as "The Bearded One" as his true identity remains a secret to all outside the inner circle.

References

* [http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2001/june13/robclock-613.html] http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2001/june13/robclock-613.html
* Joncas, Richard, and David J Neuman, and Paul V Turner. Stanford University. Princeton Architectural Press. 1999. Pg 134.

External links

[http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2005/4/28/towerClockToTickInTimeForAdmitWeekend] http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2005/4/28/towerClockToTickInTimeForAdmitWeekend


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