Story: Timekeeping

Clocking-in devices

Clocking-in devices

People often had to clock in when they arrived at work, and then clock out when they left. In this way their hours of work were monitored to the exact minute. These clocking devices are part of the collection at Claphams National Clock Museum in Whangārei.

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Jock Phillips, 'Timekeeping - Time past', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/9919/clocking-in-devices (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 12 Jun 2006