My Christmas dinner was downtown... at one of the hotels on Canal Street. A group from the churches met for a very fancy buffet.
After that we went to the Roosevelt Hotel, famous for its decorated lobby, which runs through the middle of a city block.
The most interesting thing in it was this clock... well, the clock is actually below the pendulum...
Here is a side view:
The pendulum goes in circles, pushed by a spring wound finger... it's not an 'escapement' per se, since nothing ticks... it just rotates.
And for those who can squint... and are really interested:
A New Orleans Style Christmas!
No comments:
Post a Comment