Finally 3 pictures of the slave clock mechanism which will be returned to the front facade to once again show the time to arriving planes. Note the method for turning the hands - a vintage bike chain! Well done Tony and David for keeping alive these timepieces in this important heritage building. Next is the master clock and beneath a close-up of the lounge room slave clock. These pictures show the terminal building - below it the impressive passenger lounge with a wall painting of the original building.
#SYNCHRONOME MASTER CLOCK SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#
Today it is used mainly for civil aviation and the Department of Emergency services rescue helicopter flights. The Glasgow School of Art was completed in 1909, but the site dedicated to the Synchronome Master Clock has date pages: Synchronome Serial Number Dating and Synchronome Serial Number Dating 2, showing the production numbers for the clock, and this only goes back to 1914. It was Brisbane’s main airport up until 1949 and hosted the Royal Australian, US & Netherlands Air Force during WWII. One particular feature of the Synchronome signal bells to ring at any five minutes in. This beautiful art-deco building was opened in 1931 - the home to Qantas, Ansett ANA, Trans Australia Airlines & the Queensland Aero Club. In this particular case the master - clock day disc respectively. Tony & David have nearly completed the restoration of the Synchronome timepieces located at Archerfield airfield in Brisbane. The ball ceased to drop in 1930 with the new City Hall clock becoming the main time regulator for Brisbane. But modern technology had made time balls round the world unnecessary. In 1902 it was connected to the telegraph at Roma Street railway station. Reports that Ipswich 30km away could hear the canon fire! In 1894 a new electrically controlled time ball returned.
The time ball was replaced with a time gun between 18 to fire the 1pm time signal. In 1865 a flag staff was erected to inform the public of ships entering the Brisbane river (the information relayed by telegraph from Fort Lytton). At 1pm the time ball would drop based on observations relayed by telegraph from Sydney. In 1861 it had a time ball added to allow watches and clocks to be set/regulated.
From 1855 shipping news from the mouth of the Brisbane river about 15km away, was sent to the Tower. Time Keeper Facts - Its location in the CBD, high above the Brisbane river, made it ideal for use as a signal station and Observatory (see picture from late 19thC. The chart above is a rough and ready guide to what date you can attribute to your Synchronome.
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