Town of Sexsmith Clock - Sexsmith, Alberta
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wildwoodke
N 55° 20.929 W 118° 47.065
11U E 386852 N 6135058
This clock was placed in Millenium Park in the Town of Sexsmith, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WME2Z5
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 03/27/2012
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The clock, free standing in style celebrates the formation of the town in 1916 and was placed in memory of an early pioneer Robert "Bob" Shaw. The clock was placed in the millenium year 2000.
"The name Sexsmith" has intrigued all who heard it since Sexsmith came into being in 1916. Sexsmith was actually the second name chosen for our townsite. Originally named, "Bennville" after early 1911 settler J.B. "Benny" Foster, upon whose homestead the townsite was established. The name changed when it was discovered that there was already a town bearing that name. Our town became Sexsmith in honour of David Sexsmith, a trapper and trader who first came into the area in 1898 and set up a stopping place just north of the present town in 1912. Sexsmith reestablished his store and post-office at the present town-site in 1916, the same year the railroad reached here."
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The clock was manufactured by Electric Time of Medfield, Mass. Electric Time describes their street clocks as a "2 dial LED lighted street clock. 35-3/4" sight opening. Cast aluminum post, saddle crystal and dial ring, and top ornamental piece finished with polyurethane paint. Standard color forest green finish with gold highlighting. Automatically controlled from the base with 99B-MI automatic tower clock control with GPS satellite synchronization. Translucent acrylic dials with LED illumination controlled by a photoelectric cell. Aluminum dials painted off-white. Black dial markings and hands."
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This clock adds to the community and the park by providing a focal point with the gazebo for the park and a easily identified meeting place for residents and visitors alike. With GPS based time synchronization one can be sure that there is accuracy that is only influenced by the potential for a local power outage or clock failure.