Floral Clock, West Princes Street Gardens
Floral Clock, West Princes Street Gardens
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December 27, 2024
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•December 27, 2024
Hiking
In 1905, a mechanism based on organ pipes and bellows, which played the sound of a cuckoo, was installed in a box next to the flower clock to keep time. The early mechanism did not include a cuckoo house or a full-size model of the bird.
•December 27, 2024
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Elevation 60 m
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