- Subject
- Clocks & timepieces
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Purchase
- Primary inscriptions
- THE GLEDHILL-BROOK TIME RECORDERS Ltd / PATENT / REGISTERED TRADE MARK / "EMPIRE" / HUDDERSFIELD? / HALIFAX / LONDON / BIRMINGHAM
- Other inscriptions
- 'DROP CARD TO STOP / DON'T HOLD WHEN STAMPING'
- Object type
- Clock
- Dimensions
- Height: 1175mm Width: 475mm Depth: 360mm Weight: 38kg
- Inventory No
- 15200
- Accession Number
- 1973-14
Description
Factory time clock ('clocking in clock') with winding key and notice. It was used in a textile factory in Halifax from about 1898 until the factory closed in 1971. The clock would have stamped the time and the date on employees cards.
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