Clock Tower, West Mill, Bridge Foot, Belper, Derbyshire

Constructed to mark the Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897, the West Mill clock tower was once a well-known Belper landmark, before its demolition in 1962.  The upper part of the tower housed a water tank that fed the mill’s fire suppression system and on the top of the clock tower was a cupola with the mill bell, used to signal the start and end of each working day. On top of this was placed a weathervane with ‘1897’ in metal figures.