When the church folk of Eldersfield, near Gloucester, England, wanted a clock for the steeple of their house of worship, they asked J. Carter, the town's blacksmith, to make them a clock. Although he was no clockmaker, the blacksmith at once set about his task. He went to his scrappile from which he selected cog wheels of different sizes and suitable pieces of metal from discarded farm machinery. With this material, supplemented by metal bars and braces. Mr. Carter finally completed the works of the scrapiron tower clocks
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 12
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