Cleaning the Clock Tower, mid 1970s to mid 1980s
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Cleaning the Clock Tower, mid 1970s to mid 1980s
Depiction
Men hanging from ropes attached to a clock-tower clad in Virginia creeper.
Description
This picture, taken from outside the Quadrangle, looking north-west, shows the iconic Clock Tower undergoing maintenance. Taken In the days before stringent health and safety rules were introduced, it shows the agility and bravery needed by Buildings & Grounds staff in order to keep the Virginia creeper from obscuring the College clock. The height of the Tower is 108 feet.
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
B. Finan, J. Conroy ‘Cleaning the Clock Tower, mid 1970s to mid 1980s’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14868, Archival Record Id VHRS
Temporal Coverage
Period
1970s
1980s
Category
colour
group
on-campus
outdoors
Language
English
Publisher
University of Galway Library
Rights
This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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