Floral Clock
Public wiki for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
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| Construction Cost | (equivalent to $24,127,407 in 2021) |
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On its northern edge, The Palace of Agriculture housed another engineering masterpiece- The 112 foot round Floral Clock. Not only was the timepiece the largest clock in the world, during the growing months, the clock would then have 13,000 flowering plants covering its face. At night, it was illuminated by a thousand lights. Operated by compressed air, the minute hand was 75 feet long and weighed 2,700 pounds and moved five feet every minute. The hour hand was 50 feet long. A 5,000 pound bell was struck on the hour and half hour. Upon each hour, a mammoth hourglass turned so the sands could run back.
