Stanford Clock Tower

Worlda renowned University, has its own charm.

I really had a good time walking through this beautiful university. Definitly I would like to study here my PHD.

Mechanical masterpiece. Transparent case for the innards of the clock show you how it works, converting potential to kinetic energy and vice versa in a never-ending, timeless cycle

Easy to find and usually not crowded. Try to park a couple of streets out.

Fantastic. Useful for students and kids as all the inside parts are displayed. Educative

Fantastic looking clock tower

It is such amazing building ...

We saw clear machine of the clock. Amazing!

Its neat to watch them wind the clock, which happens several times a week.

Beautiful view of the Stanford campus from the tower

The Stanford Clock Tower with its attached, colonnaded pergola is located at the so-called “Circle of Death” at the corner of Escondido and Lasuen Malls on the campus of Stanford University. It was built in 1983 by a donation from trustee William Kimball.[1]It holds the mechanical clock, built in 1901 by the Seth Thomas Clock Company,[2] which was originally housed in Stanford Memorial Church’s large belfry. When the belfry collapsed in the 1906 earthquake, the university preserved the chimes in temporary structures near the church, where they continued to chime the hours. (During the 1950s and 1960s the chimes were heard to strike 13 times at noon, possibly the result of a student prank.) In 1983 the clock and chimes were rehoused in the current clock tower.The clock mechanism still needs to be hand-cranked once a week. In 1997 a new temperature-compensating pendulum designed by engineering students was installed to eliminate errors in time-keeping caused by temperature changes.[3]On May 10, 1983, when then-Stanford president Donald Kennedy unveiled the new clock tower, he burst out laughing: the clocks west face had been covered with Mickey Mouses face and hands by an unknown prankster.[4]

Could not go to see the tower though we reached there before 3.30 pm we were not allowed to enter the tower.

Cool display of clock mechanics

The machinery is visible from all the sides beyond huge glass windows. A great place to show the children how a mechanical clock works

Amazing to keep it working till date

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Nice little tower that chimes regularly to keep nearby residents auditorially informed of the time.

It is not that impressive to look at, but if you read about its history it might get more interesting.

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Clock tower

Beautiful

It doesnt tell the correct time