Columbia's Dr. Larry Laird and a few helpers re-installed four 19-century clocks in an 1855 Philadelphia church over the weekend. Laird spent seven months refurbishing the clocks. The backstory is HERE.
A worker inspects a completed dial.
Each of the four dials is 48" in diameter.
The dials are loaded into a van.
Dials ready to travel
The old church, aka The Loft
Looking up inside the clock tower
A look out through the dial window
Laird inspects the interior of the tower.
A clock is hoisted inside the tower.
Laird restores a wooden beam.
A view of the Philadelphia skyline through a dial window
[Photos submitted by Dr. Larry Laird]
UPDATE: Dr. Laird submitted these photos of two of the installed clocks on November 19:
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