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Woman winds clocks weekly at the Capitol
Lawmakers don’t need to worry about their office clocks ever displaying the wrong time inside the Capitol building. Bethany ...
Altoona Mirror11h
Clocks still ticking in state Capitol
Capitol buildings are almost always an imposing presence. The seat of government, they tend to be elegant and stately — and ...
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An architect designed custom clocks for Pennsylvania’s Capitol a century ago. They’re still ticking
Visitors are drawn to the building's polished marble, intricate carvings — and 273 antique clocks that were part of the ...
The Atlantic1d
The Scarlet Ibis
The five o’clocks by the chimney still marked time ... Daddy had Mr. Heath, the carpenter, build a little mahogany coffin for him. But he didn’t die, and when he was three months old Mama ...
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An architect designed custom clocks for Pennsylvania’s Capitol a century ago. They’re still ticking
Every so often the clocks, most of them built from mahogany or stained mahogany, are carefully removed from their spots around the Capitol and taken to a facility for cleaning, maintenance and repair.
The Straits Times4d
Dear Readers, thanks for your grandfather stories and memories
The relationship between a writer and reader is a tenuous thing – you can’t see or touch it, and yet, when it exists, it brims with life. Described variously as a sacred bond or a magical ...