First Clock In Collection

On the top shelf, all the way to the right is the first old clock that Olson ever collected. Olson received it in 1961 as payment for repairing a neighbors clock. This clock would start a collection that is still growing today.

Clocks, Cars,
Cameras and Swords

There is something for just about everyone to enjoy in the museum. All from the past, and all were very important to someone at some time in their existance.

Airplane Display

In the airplane display you will find a complete IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) instrument panel from a 1970s Cessna Skylane. Everything is there including the clock. The clock came out of a 1944 military plane. Prior to going on display it had been used in all of Olson's airplanes since 1966.

More Clocks

There are hundreds of clocks displayed, and some are more than two hundred years old.

100 Years Of Telephone History

In the telephone display, you will see one of the first pay telephones ever made. It was made in 1898 and called a Gray Pay Station. There is an old PBX station, many antique wall phones, the complete collection of telephone lineman test sets as well as train station phones and telegraph equiptment from early 1900.

Alcohol Clock

Built about 1945 this unique clock was housed in a four-glass brass case. A set of sealed glass tubes was partially filled with alcohol and formed in the shape of a wheel, and a small electric light bulb was placed near it. As the air in the chamber nearest the lamp was heated, its expansion would force the alcohol to move to the opposite chamber. This movement of alcohol would upset the balance of the glass tubed wheel and cause it to rotate, thus winding the power spring that powered the clock mechanism.

Old Cameras

This camera collection started about 1961 when Olson had a little photo studio in his garage. There are old cameras and projectors displayed, along with some pictures that Olson recently took using some of the old cameras.

Very Rare Clock

This clock is one of a kind and was made in 1948. The markings say "Made by Master J.A. Soultis, in 1948, D.P. Camp Karlsruhe" The balance wheel is about 2 inches in diameter and it has two dials. One dial is time only, but the second dial has month, day of the week, and date.

Train Collection

Everybody loves trains. The train collection has trains from the N scale all the way up to a functional steam locomotive that runs on a track that is 5 inches wide. The engine is fourty seven inches long and weighs several hundred pounds.

And More Clocks

The Conger Street Clock Museum
This clock tower mechanism was built circa 1750 and the
pendulum is 13 feet long. It takes almost 4 seconds
for the pendulum to complete one cycle.

This old clock tower mechanism is just one of the many
time related items you will find in this museum.

Click on the 1949 Firetruck to visit the
Conger Street Clock Museum

Creative Clock at The Conger Street Clock Museum of Eugene, Oregon was the Featured story of the July/August 1990 Watch & Clock Review Vol. 57, No. 7

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