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Description: | The clock consists of two faces, one for Cardiff and one for London. It features a series of kinetic elements illustrating Captain Willows' story, including landmark buildings and aeronautical items which move across the two steel faces. It will be lit at night by neon elements triggered by a sequence programmer to flash alternatively in colours, shapes and lines to represent the water, the moon and the tides.' Additional Information: The clock commemorates the life and achievements of Captain Ernest Willows, a prominent local aeronautical pioneer whose airship experiments in the skies over Cardiff were a regular occurrence in the early 20th century. The two clock faces, representing London and Cardiff, represent Captain Willow's historic flight between the two cities in August 1910. With this flight he became the first person to cross the Bristol Channel in a powered aircraft. | Subjects: | Clock Tower | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Hazell, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=6722... | Go to resource |
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