The Newport Clock, National Garden Festival, Ebbw Vale
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The Newport Clock, National Garden Festival, Ebbw Vale
Image: © Rhoda Williams Taken: 1 Jan 1992
Select https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7421803 to see it on the hour. This mechanical clock was originally commissioned at a cost of £100,000 to represent Newport at the Ebbw Vale Garden Festival in 1992. It is 31 feet high and on the hour would slowly open to reveal a moving display of skeletons, devils, cuckoos and angels in a cloud of steam. It was designed by Andy Plant, a maker of interactive mechanical sculptures. After the festival it was erected in John Frost Square, Newport https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7379437 and remained there until 2008 when the area was redeveloped. It is now on a roundabout on the outskirts of Newport as a static display https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5729086 .
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Image Location
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