The recently replaced inner workings of the Dr Evershed Memorial Clock Tower are soon to be on museum display in Bega.
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Bega Valley Historical Society member Sandra Florance said she is excited to have such a unique piece of Bega’s history on show inside Bega Pioneer’s Museum.
“It doesn’t look like anything you would expect,” she said.
“For a big clock you would think there would be more going on inside it.”
Engravings show the pendulum clock was made by Proud’s Ltd, founded by William Proud and well known for its importation of jewellery to Sydney.
By the end of the 1920s Proud's electric clocks were being installed in shops, banks, government offices and in also in Parliament House in Canberra.
Ms Florance said the presence of three burn marks show the clock had overheated and caught fire at some point since it was constructed in 1930 at a cost of 450 pounds.
“The original plan for the clock was to have it placed in the middle of the road,” she said.
“That would’ve been fun.”
Museum volunteer Bill Fletcher has been given the task of creating a display from a cabinet once part of the Hobbs store in Bemboka, over one hundred years ago.
“The clock would’ve been modified over the years because there’s markings on the wooden cabinet from work starting in the 1970s,” Mr Fletcher said.
“The clock used to run on a car battery, but it was later modified to run off mains power.
“The parts are heavy, and the pendulum weighs about 15 kilograms so the biggest part will be building something strong enough to display the entire clock.”
Mr Fletcher is hoping to have the display ready for the public in two weeks.