Cabarrus Time Savers is a non-profit organization that has set out to identify and restore important public time pieces in our community. We consider tower and street clocks to be an important part of our history, in Cabarrus County. For many decades, people planned their day to day lives around clocks in the public eye. We are dedicated to preserving, repairing, and restoring these clocks.
The purpose of this blog is to bring you history of our local horology, news of our current projects, and provide a means to communicate with the community when we need help with historical facts and locating clocks and missing parts for these clocks.
If you would like to donate to our restoration funds or have questions about fund raising, please contact us at: cabtimesavers@yahoo.com
If there is a clock in our community that you feel is important or that may even be missing, please reach out to us.
NOTE: The pictures on this site, unless otherwise stated, are the property of Cabarrus Time Savers and are not to be reused without written permission from Cabarrus Time Savers.
Saturday, June 30, 2018
This Shouldn't Happen - Destruction of a Seth Thomas Tower Clock
In February 2018, Northside-Blodgett School, in Corning, New York was demolished. In doing so, the clock tower went with it, along with the clock components, bell, and 3 of the 4 dials on the building. Efforts were made to purchase and remove the Seth Thomas Clock and the 34" McShane bell before the building was demolished, but the demolition company had no interest in allowing the salvage of the clock. A wonderful tower clock was destroyed along with the bell. Tragic and sad. This shouldn't happen in this day in age.
It can't be stressed enough how important it is to save these pieces of history. This is why Cabarrus Time Savers was formed. We want to prevent this from happening in our own community. So if you live in a community with history you care about, get involved and help protect it. We can't saver every building throughout history, but there are artifacts worth saving and preserving that are part of our heritage.
Thank you to Peter Nunes, of NAWCC, for making this public among other enthusiasts.
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