Horologist Raymond Saunders stands next to the steam clock in 2021 that he built in Gastown in the 1970s. (Gian Paolo Mendoza/CBC - image credit)Raymond Saunders, the creator of the steam clock in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood, died Saturday at the age of 83, according to a family member. WATCH | Keeping time in Gastown :Saunders told CBC News on the clock's 40th anniversary that it was the first steam clock he had ever worked on. (Ben Nelms/CBC)In addition to the Gastown clock, Saunders also serviced street clocks in Vancouver's Kerrisdale and Mount Pleasant neighbourhoods, and the clock tower in the Maillardville neighbourhood in Coquitlam, B.C. FROM THE ARCHIVES | Vancouver reveals Gastown Steam Clock?

Source: CBC News November 26, 2024 08:31 UTC