![]() Saxton, a founding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, was an inventor and clockmaker from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. In addition to his work on the clock at the State House, he made a clock for the Second Bank of the United States. Lukens was the son of Seneca Lukens, a clockmaker from Horsham, Pennsylvania. Stretch's clock was replaced in 1828 by one constructed by Isaiah Lukens and Joseph Saxton. Though Stretch's clock was later removed, a replica was constructed in 1973 on the side of Independence Hall, just a few years before the bicentennial celebrations took place in Philadelphia. In 1752 Isaac Norris selected Stretch to construct the State House clock. The clock resembled other tall clocks he constructed throughout his career. Stretch was born in England and emigrated to Philadelphia with his father, Peter, in 1702. This image of the Pennsylvania State House by Charles Willson Peale shows the original construction of the structure and the clock built by Thomas Stretch into the west side in 1753. Charles Willson Peale, View of State House
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