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More Info →Newspaper article regarding Mike O’Donoghue who looks after the Clock Tower, Palmerston North

Mike O'Donaghue, watch maker, looked after the mechanical workings of the clock in The Square from 1979. The faces of the clock stand 24 metres high and are reached by ladder. Originally housed in the Post Office tower (demolished in 1942) in 1906, the original mechanisms were still working well in 1989.

Identification

Object type
Correspondence
Digitisation ID
2007Pa_A175/72/3_CLO_0513
Title
Newspaper article regarding Mike O’Donoghue who looks after the Clock Tower, Palmerston North
Relation
Research File A175/72/3
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Research File

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
February 11, 1996

Object rights

Credit Line
Manawatu Evening Standard
License
Some Restrictions May Apply

Taxonomy

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clock tower,
clocktower,
thematic collections,
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Aerial view of central Palmerston North and beyond
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