Terence McCann Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Bill, The attached picture was posted over at the ASHI forum. It read: "This machine is in an upper floor of a hotel that was built in 1891. Does anyone what it does?" If there is anyone who knows it's you. What is it? My guess is either food service or housekeeping. But its function I know not. Click to View 88.81 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 It looks like a clockworks to me. The handshaft and dial are missing. Did the hotel once have a clock tower? ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 After studying it for a while, it looks like it's an old weighted striking clock movement that's been converted to electricity and had it's pendelum, escapement, cables and weights removed. If I'm right, I was wrong in my first response and the handshaft is what you see on the left side. It's got a lot of stylistic similarities to some tower clock movements that I've seen that were produced by the E. Howard Clock company - especially the heavy bowed cast iron legs. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 I think that was a guess over at ASHI too Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspectorjoe Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 I think Mike gets the prize. What is it? A pocket watch maybe? http://www.nawcc.org/museum/nwcm/galleries/tower/howard.htm http://flickr.com/photos/frostimaging/1 ... 213449412/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 That's a really cool find. I saw one on display at a museum or historic site somewhere and one on an inspection of a college building. Both had the same cabriole style legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted December 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Originally posted by inspecthistoric That's a really cool find. I saw one on display at a museum or historic site somewhere and one on an inspection of a college building. Both had the same cabriole style legs. Got one in a barn somewhere Bill? [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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