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Title
Dalmuir Park Sculpture
Date
2013
Medium
galvanised steel & etched stainless steel
Measurements
H 380 x W (?) x D (?) cm (E)
Accession number
G81_GB_S007
Acquisition method
commissioned by West Dunbartonshire Council
Work type
Clock tower
Owner
West Dunbartonshire Council
Custodian
West Dunbartonshire Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
March 2013
Access
at all times
Inscription description
SINGER WOVEN IN TO THE / FABRIC OF CLYDEBANK; above clock: 1884–1963 / THE CLOCK STOPPED / FRIDAY 15TH OF MARCH AT 5 PM; below clock: Moving fingers poin the hour / Round thy lofty four square tower / 'Pro tempore' they proclaim / Out of dreams these workshops came / And as dreams pass with the morn / New realities are born / by TM STRANG; below the second clock face: [information panel about Dalmuir Park, Mountblow Road Entrance]; Fabric printing was transformed when / cylinder printing supplanted the previous / block printing method. This new type / of printing was highly productive and able / to produce faultless repetitive patterns; SODA / In the soda industry - sulphuric acid was used to decompose / common salt for the production of bleaching powder and / chloride of lime. The residues of the operation were / converted in to a soda used by soap makers, bleachers, / dyers and potters.; Before it was electrified in 1926, it took 4 men, 15 minutes, / twice a week on Thursdays and Saturdays to wind it up. / The clock face was 26 feet in diameter. / Each cast iron dial weighed 5 tons. / The height of the Singer clock tower was 226.5 feet. / It was said to be the largest 4 dial electrically operated turret / clock in the world. / The Singer letters which sat above the clock were 13 feet high / The size of the numerical figures was 4 feet 7 inches by / 13.5 inches. / Length of the minute hand was 12 feet and 8.25 inches. / Lenght of the hour hand was 8 feet 9 inches. / The electrical system supplying hte clock was called a / Pulsynetic or "Waiting Train" movement and was specially / designed. / Image courtesy of West Dunbartonshire