Bolton Town Hall Clock

A look at Bolton Town Hall Clock, Greater Manchester, on the late morning of Thursday 12th February 2015.
Bolton Town Hall, Victoria Square, Bolton, was built between 1866 and 1873 for the County Borough of Bolton to designs by William Hill of Leeds and George Woodhouse of Bolton. The town hall was extended in the 1930s to the designs of Bradshaw, Gass and Hope and has been designated a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage.
The Baroque clock tower reaches a height of 198 feet (60.35 metres) and each of the four glass clock faces is 12 feet (3.65 metres) across and illuminated from within at night. The original clock mechanism was built by William Potts of Leeds. The bells were cast by Warner & Sons of London who also provided the quarter hour bells for the Palace of Westminster (but not 'Big Ben', the hour bell). Bolton's hour bell weighs in at just over 4 tons while the four quarter hour bells are 1.5 tons each.
In 1978 Fred Dibnah of television fame, made repairs to the clock tower and its 16 stone pillars. Whilst repairing the tower he gilded the sphere at the top.
The following are links to videos of other clocks I have visited:
LONDON BIG BEN
• Video
LUTON TOWN HALL
• Luton Town Hall Clock
AMPTHILL TOWN CLOCK
• Ampthill Town Clock
TROWBRIDGE TOWN HALL
• Video
EVESHAM TOWN HALL
• Evesham Town Hall Clock
HEREFORD MARKET HALL
• Hereford Market Hall C...
CARTERS GREEN CLOCK TOWER
• Video
TETTENHALL CLOCK TOWER
• Video
KIDSGROVE VICTORIA HALL
• Victoria Hall Clock, K...
CREWE TOWN CLOCK
• Video
CREWE MARKET HALL
• Video
NOTTINGHAM COUNCIL HOUSE
• Video
MANCHESTER TOWN HALL
• Manchester Town Hall C...
ECCLES TOWN HALL
• Eccles Town Hall Clock
HYDE TOWN HALL
• Video
DUKINFIELD TOWN HALL
• Video
STALYBRIDGE CIVIC HALL
• Video
ROCHDALE TOWN HALL
• Rochdale Town Hall Clock
CHORLEY TOWN HALL
• Video
DARWEN TOWN AND MARKET HALL
• Darwen Town and Market...
GREAT HARWOOD MERCER MEMORIAL
• Mercer Memorial Clock,...
BURNLEY TOWN HALL
• Video
COLNE TOWN HALL
• Video
LANCASTER TOWN HALL
• Video
KENDAL TOWN HALL
• Kendal Town Hall Clock
EARLESTOWN TOWN HALL
• Earlestown Town Hall C...
LIVERPOOL MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
• Video
LIVERPOOL VICTORIA BUILDING
• Video
BIRKENHEAD TOWN HALL
• Video
SOUTHPORT TOWN HALL
• Video
BUXTON TOWN HALL
• Video
BUXTON DEVONSHIRE DOME
• Devonshire Dome Clock,...
MARSDEN MECHANICS HALL
• Video
LINDLEY CLOCK TOWER
• Video
HALIFAX TOWN HALL
• Video
BRADFORD CITY HALL
• Bradford City Hall Clo...
CLECKHEATON TOWN HALL
• Video
DEWSBURY TOWN HALL
• Video
BATLEY LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY
• Video
MORLEY TOWN HALL
• Video
YEADON TOWN HALL
• Yeadon Town Hall Clock
LEEDS TOWN HALL
• Leeds Town Hall Clock
LEEDS THORNTON'S ARCADE
• Thornton's Arcade Cloc...
LEEDS GRAND ARCADE
• Grand Arcade Clock, Leeds
ILKLEY TOWN HALL
• Video
SHEFFIELD TOWN HALL
• Sheffield Town Hall Cl...
HULL GUILDHALL
• Hull Guildhall Clock
GRANGE-OVER-SANDS CLOCK TOWER
• Grange-over-Sands Cloc...
ULVERSTON TOWN CLOCK
• Ulverston Clock Tower
DALTON-IN-FURNESS TOWN HALL
• Dalton-in-Furness Town...
BARROW-IN-FURNESS TOWN HALL
• Barrow-in-Furness Town...
SOUTH SHIELDS TOWN HALL
• South Shields Town Hal...
ABERGAVENNY TOWN HALL
• Abergavenny Town Hall ...

[@ethanpowell7428]

This sound is one of the most iconic sounds of Bolton

[@neilharrison3187]

Bowton born and bred and proud.

[@curtishibberd4561]

Bull-'ern *

[@TB76Returns]

Wow, that is good, may I suggest the clock at Clitheroe Library, the mechanism is also viewable from the room with the computers on the top floor, and the Glusburn institute Clock in Cross Hills, near Skipton/Keighley, and Middlesborough Town Hall? And also clock at Barkers in Northallerton!!

[@danielmilitello4795]

Did you get to film the chimes of Bolton Town Hall yet?

[@sarwarkhan4024]

It's my town bolton town .

[@h_z1275]

Same

[@elimalot6295]

Why is s the bell slow??

[@YellowLegoBrick436]

Because they bell slow in 2013

[@buxmlebee4341]

Because the builders created in 2010

[@buxmlebee4341]

0:42

[@YellowLegoBrick436]

Notes
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