Ping Mr. Kibbel

[Terence McCann]

Bill,

The attached picture was posted over at the ASHI forum. It read: "This machine is in an upper floor of a hotel that was built in 1891. Does anyone what it does?"

If there is anyone who knows it's you. What is it?

My guess is either food service or housekeeping. But its function I know not.

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[hausdok]

It looks like a clockworks to me. The handshaft and dial are missing. Did the hotel once have a clock tower?

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[hausdok]

After studying it for a while, it looks like it's an old weighted striking clock movement that's been converted to electricity and had it's pendelum, escapement, cables and weights removed. If I'm right, I was wrong in my first response and the handshaft is what you see on the left side. It's got a lot of stylistic similarities to some tower clock movements that I've seen that were produced by the E. Howard Clock company - especially the heavy bowed cast iron legs.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[Terence McCann]

I think that was a guess over at ASHI too Mike.

[Inspectorjoe]

I think Mike gets the prize. What is it? A pocket watch maybe?

http://www.nawcc.org/museum/nwcm/galleries/tower/howard.htm

http://flickr.com/photos/frostimaging/1 ... 213449412/

[Bill Kibbel]

That's a really cool find.

I saw one on display at a museum or historic site somewhere and one on an inspection of a college building. Both had the same cabriole style legs.

[Terence McCann]

Originally posted by inspecthistoric

That's a really cool find.

I saw one on display at a museum or historic site somewhere and one on an inspection of a college building. Both had the same cabriole style legs.

Got one in a barn somewhere Bill? []