Meneely & Oothout West Troy, NY

GREETINGS ROGER, MENEELY WAS A MAKER OF SURVEYING INSTURMENTS, BELLS AND CLOCKS IN 1836 OOTHOUT JOINED HIM IN THE BUSINESS IN 1838 THEY PARTED COMPANY. DO YOU HAVE THE CLOCK MOVEMENT? TAKE CARE. EDDIE

Here is a little more on both men;

Andrew Meneely was born at West Troy (Gibbonsville) New York in 1802 and died in 1851. On January 1, 1836 Meneely took Jonas Volkat Oothout as a partner. For a few years the business was carried on under the firm name of Meneely & Oothout. Mr. Oothout retired in 1838 and Andrew Meneely continued the business as formerly. Jonas Oothout was born in West Troy, New York in 1814 and died there in 1860.

Tom

Not sure if this will be readable.

It is from "Bi-centennial History of Albany Vol. 2"

Tom

It took about a year, but I now own the Meneely clock AND the Meneely bell that was with it. Meneely made very few clocks, it is believed less than 10. I know of only one other that exists.

Thanks Tom & Eddie for posting info.

Roger

That's neat Roger, after reading the info I found on him it sounded like they didn't make that many.

I found another article about how after Andrew died, a third son Clinton went into the bell business too with another man & used the name Meneely in the business name. His two older brothers took him to court to stop him from using the families name.

Tom

Both the Meneely Bell and Clock from Salem, NY are now safely removed and in my possession. This first step took about a year to accomplish with negotiations and actual removal. The clock is actually in pretty good shape, notwithstanding the pictures, and with manual power on it prior to removal it ticked happily along. Restoration of the clock will begin soon.
This might be the only functioning Meneely clock in existence when restored.
It is complete with the huge wood drums that lived on either side of the clockworks. We believe there were two ropes on each side of the clock. One went from the drum on the clockworks to the large drum. Another rope on the small end of the drum went up thru a slot in the ceiling of the clockworks room, over a pulley to a weight. This would allow a separate winding for both the time and strike. There is a large gear that is moved from one side or the other to wind each side separately. The pendulum is around 9-10 feet long with an adjustable lead bob. It rocked on knife edges operating a pinwheel escapement. Impulse came directly from the pallets.

Roger, you certainly have your hands full with this one.
I'll bet Elizabeth loves this one sitting in her living room!

So as not to hijack Kevin Hoffman's thread, I'll post progress pictures here per Dave Turner's request. These parts are massive and heavy.

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3. Escape wheel showing pins.

4. Pallets. Pendulum attaches to holes at left.

5. Decorative acorns total 4

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7. Cast Iron about 20 inches in diameter.

Looking real good. How far into it are you? ie: when will you have it running?

That is what I am hoping to find , I would love to throw some elbow grease into saving one of these

Dave,
No timeline as to completion, but I'm hoping I'll be able to dedicate more time to it in the near future. There is still a lot to be done, but at least it is all there with nothing missing.

Kevin,
With any luck you will find an E. Howard or similar which will be much newer and more compact than the Meneely I have, which dates to 1840.