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Manchester Town Hall Clock and Albert Square
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A little look at Albert Square and Manchester Town Hall clock right in the heart of Manchester city centre on Monday 9th February 2015. • The square contains a number of monuments and statues, the largest of which is the Albert memorial. • It is dominated by its largest building, Manchester Town Hall Grade I, a Victorian Gothic building by Alfred Waterhouse. Work on the town hall began in 1868 and completed in 1877. • In the early 1970s, there was a plan to build an underground station under Albert Square and neighbouring St Peter's Square, as part of the ill-fated Picc-Vic tunnel project. The project was eventually cancelled and the station was not built. • At the end of the video, the clock can be heard striking 6.00pm. The 280 feet tall clock tower, houses a carillon of 23 bells: 12 are hung for full circle change ringing and were manufactured by John Taylor Bellfounders. The clock was made by Gillett and Bland (predecessor of Gillett and Johnston) and was originally wound using hydraulic power supplied by Manchester Hydraulic Power. The clock bell first rang on New Year's Day 1879 but cracked and was replaced in 1882 and recast with all the bells in 1937. The clock face bears the inscription 'Teach us to number our Days' from Psalm 90:12. The hour bell known as 'Great Abel' was named after Abel Heywood and weighs 8 tons 2.5 cwt. It is inscribed with the initials AH for Abel Heywood and the Tennyson line 'Ring out the false, ring in the true'. This is the fourth largest clock bell in England and the pitch is F#. • Click on the following links for more information and history: • ALBERT SQUARE • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_S... • TOWN HALL • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchest... • CLOCK • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchest... • ABEL HEYWOOD • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Hey... • Click here to see my other videos of Manchester venues: • PICCADILLY STATION • • Video • VICTORIA STATION • • Manchester Victoria Railway Station -... • OXFORD ROAD STATION • • LMS 5MT 44932 and 45231 at Oxford Roa... • DEANSGATE STATION • • LMS 5MT 45305 at Deansgate Railway St... • The following are links to videos of other clocks I have visited: • LONDON BIG BEN • • Video • LUTON TOWN HALL • • Luton Town Hall Clock • AMPTHILL TOWN CLOCK • • Ampthill Town Clock • TROWBRIDGE TOWN HALL • • Video • EVESHAM TOWN HALL • • Evesham Town Hall Clock • HEREFORD MARKET HALL • • Hereford Market Hall Clock • CARTERS GREEN CLOCK TOWER • • Video • KIDSGROVE VICTORIA HALL • • Victoria Hall Clock, Kidsgrove • CREWE TOWN CLOCK • • Video • CREWE MARKET HALL • • Video • NOTTINGHAM COUNCIL HOUSE • • Video • ECCLES TOWN HALL • • Eccles Town Hall Clock • HYDE TOWN HALL • • Video • DUKINFIELD TOWN HALL • • Video • STALYBRIDGE CIVIC HALL • • Video • ROCHDALE TOWN HALL • • Rochdale Town Hall Clock • BOLTON TOWN HALL • • Bolton Town Hall Clock • CHORLEY TOWN HALL • • Video • DARWEN TOWN AND MARKET HALL • • Darwen Town and Market Hall Clock • BURNLEY TOWN HALL • • Video • COLNE TOWN HALL • • Video • LANCASTER TOWN HALL • • Video • KENDAL TOWN HALL • • Kendal Town Hall Clock • LIVERPOOL VICTORIA BUILDING • • Video • BIRKENHEAD TOWN HALL • • Video • SOUTHPORT TOWN HALL • • Video • BUXTON TOWN HALL • • Buxton Town Hall Clock • BUXTON DEVONSHIRE DOME • • Devonshire Dome Clock, Buxton • HALIFAX TOWN HALL • • Video • BRADFORD CITY HALL • • Bradford City Hall Clock and Park • CLECKHEATON TOWN HALL • • Video • DEWSBURY TOWN HALL • • Video • BATLEY LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY • • Video • MORLEY TOWN HALL • • Video • LEEDS TOWN HALL • • Leeds Town Hall Clock • LEEDS THORNTON'S ARCADE • • Thornton's Arcade Clock, Leeds • LEEDS GRAND ARCADE • • Grand Arcade Clock, Leeds • SHEFFIELD TOWN HALL • • Sheffield Town Hall Clock and Peace G... • HULL GUILDHALL • • Hull Guildhall Clock • BARROW-IN-FURNESS TOWN HALL • • Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall Clock • SOUTH SHIELDS TOWN HALL • • South Shields Town Hall Clock • ABERGAVENNY TOWN HALL • • Abergavenny Town Hall Clock
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