There are only a handful of steam clocks around the world, and you’ll find one in Vancouver’s Gastown.   If you didn’t already know, there are steam pipes that run underneath the city of Vancouver and connect to a generating plant located at Georgia and Beatty streets. These pipes bring heat to the downtown core, and they also bring the steam that powers the whistle of the steam clock.   Built in 1977 by horologist (also known as a clockmaker) […]

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