Westclox factory, Peru, Illinois, ca.
1902 - 1909. Back view (from the South). Notice the company name "The
Western Clock Manufacturing Co." and the words "Clocks Watches
and Movements" across the back.
Courtesy of the Northern Illinois University
Archives, collection #116, Westclox Incorporated records, box 22.
Westclox factory, Peru, Illinois, ca.
1902 - 1909. Angle view showing South and East sides of the factory.
Courtesy of the Northern Illinois University
Archives, collection #116, Westclox Incorporated records, box 22.
Undated postcard of the Westclox factory.
This post card of the Westclox factory is postmarked 1943.
The old Western Clock Co. factory in Peru,
Illinois, with the name still intact after more than 60 years. (Stoddard
photo, 1992)
Back end of the buffing department, showing
the dust collectors. (Stoddard photo, 1992)
On December 31, 2011, two boys started a fire in the old factory.. The center section was destroyed, but the north and south parts were saved. It took 6 days to control the fire. The News Tribune has an interactive map showing the status of various parts of the factory.
