Old travel Blog photograph of the clock tower in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Dating from 1790 the costs of the original build were met from the Common Good Fund and the sole purpose of the building was to contain the Town Clock. In 1894 tower was heightened and the clock was raised to its present position at the top of the square sandstone tower. Above the doorway is a large barometer, dated 1852, which was of immense benefit to the local fishing industry. The Clock Tower was also the site of one of the many public water supplies in the 19th century.
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