http://www.chelseaclock.com/Our-History
This picture is from a building that I never really noticed. The building right in front of it is Chelsea High School, which i attended for 4 years and i never once asked what that building across was. Well this building is where they were making the 'finest American clocks" located in Chelsea Massachusetts.
During the progressive era this building was sold to a guy named Charles Pearson who changes the name from Boston Clock to Chelsea Clock, and has stayed named since. Early 1900's US government starts ordering marine clocks,there are also car clocks being made as well as airplane clocks. The Chelsea Clock prints out the one of the earliest catalogs. The clocks where in high demand for the US government. There was a ship found in 2006 that still have the clock made in the 1920's by one of the craftsmen working in Chelsea Clock. Also in the early 1990's the government has wanted clocks from this place, in 2009 President Obama chose one of the clocks to give to his dignitaries. Here is a picture of that clock:
Its crazy to me how this building has been there since the 1800's and is still there today, and as you can see by my picture it does not look old at all.
That is really interested. I have been to chelsea a couple times and never noticed that building either. I find it interesting that clocks were in such a high demand back then, and now its just something that is on computers, phones, in the car. Back then clocks were some sort of prized possession. lol
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