The Boston Food Truck scene is thriving on this fall day at lunch time. In this case, specializing in Vietnamese cuisine. Along the Greenway (and maybe in other parts of town, I don't know), there are at least a dozen or so purveyors of custom made food and treats for hungry workers and tourists alike. But this post, is about.........
... the clock high atop the Custom House Tower. Formerly, the structure was the actual Custom House to service the fleet of ships that plied the Boston Harbor with loads of goods from around the world. Today, the entire building is under lease to the Marriott Corporation for use in their timeshare program.
The observation deck is behind the green copper cladding just above the actual clock faces.
Inside one of the clock faces (each face is more than 20-feet wide), here's what the number "6" looks like - maybe a meter or so tall.
As I mentioned, the facility is a timeshare property and this floor also offers guests various game tables in addition to a view of the clock mechanism. You can kinda see the pendulum in the background beyond the ladder.
It is an electro-mechanical clock and requires servicing twice a year to reset the time to the daylight savings changes. The three ivory colored arms on the right and one arm on the left connect to each of the four faces and keeps them all in sync. It may look a bit Rube Goldberg-ish but it works!
It's one of the charms of this great city of Boston - a touch of old and a touch of new and always wonderful things to see or do.
Other posts in this series are:
Part 1 is at this link.
Part 2 is at this link.
Part 3 is at this link.
Part 4 is at this link.
Part 5 is at this link.
Part 6 is at this link.
Part 7 is at this link.
Part 8 is at this link.
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