Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1920 — "Tower of the Winds.” [ARTICLE]

"Tower of the Winds.”

There was a water clock erected at Athens, Greece, In the second year of the first century before Christ. It is octagonal in plan, 42 feet high and 26 feet in diameter. Toward the top of each side it Is sculptured with various symbols, of the wind. Originally the structure was surmounted with a bronze Triton which served as a weather vane.