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Description: | It was once a house, which was refronted by Joseph Pickford in 1764 for his friend the philosopher and clockmaker John Whitehurst. Later it was let to Joseph Wright and following his death it was divided, the left part becoming the Acorn Vaults, and the other Smiths Clock Works. John Smith a former apprentice of John Whitehurst III, had started his own business in Nuns Street six years before moving to Queen Street. The firm has maintained an excellent reputation for clock making and repair over the years and as a result it has grown into one of the largest feature clockmakers in Europe. It has been selected to make the clock for the Harmony Tower, which will form the centerpiece of a new time theme park in China and will be the largest clock in the World, just over twice the size of Big Ben. The firm now operates from a factory on Alfreton Road Derby. | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | North East Midland Photographic Record | Source: | Picture the Past OAI feed | Creator: | Eardley, Denis | Identifier: | http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/fronten... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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