Elgin clock tower
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| Elgin Clock Tower | |
|---|---|
 Inscription relating to Lord Elgin’s clock, now in the collection of the National Historical Museum, Athens | |
General information | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Type | Clock tower |
| Location | Athens, Greece, Roman Agora |
Completed | 1814 |
| Owner | Municipality of Athens |
| Design and construction | |
| Known for | First public mechanical clock in Athens |
The Clock Tower of Elgin was a public clock tower erected in Athens between 1811 and 1814. The clock was donated by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and ordered in 1806,[1] but the tower was built and paid for by the city.[2] It stood in the area of the Roman Agora of Athens near the Library of Hadrian and was the first mechanical public clock in the city.[3] The tower was destroyed in a fire in 1884, and only fragments of the clock mechanism and inscriptions survive.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ↑ St Clair, William (1967). Lord Elgin and The Marbles. Oxford University Press. p. 209.
- ↑ St Clair, William (1983). Lord Elgin and the Marbles (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 209–210. ISBN 0192851403.
- ↑ The First Clock in Athens
- ↑ Clocks with history: The tower clock of Elgin in the Old Market of Athens Academia.edu.
- ↑ Listing of the hands to the clock at the National Historical Museum
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