Monumental Station Clock Mechanism – (Manuel Francisco Cousinha, A Boa Construtora (The Good Builder) - National Factory Of Monumental Clocks) Previous Next


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Date: 1928

Museum: Museu Nacional Ferroviário National Railway Museum (Entroncamento, Portugal)

Technique: Glass

It was this complete mechanism, together with its pendulum and weights, that operated the monumental clock at Tomar Railway Station, terminal of the Tomar branch, which opened for operation on September 24th 1928. Adapted to the architectural structure of the station building, it was the pendulum and weights which maintained the monumental clock in motion when mounted on the station facade. Made in Portugal, it was built by the mechanical watchmaker Manoel Francisco Cousinha, founder of

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