According to historian Chuck Davis, the much-photographed Gastown Steam Clock in Vancouver is not really powered by steam, as most people assume due to its name. Business writer and consultant Daryl Stennett of Sechelt, previously from Burnaby, has self-published Behind The Steam: The Inside Story of the Gastown Steam Clock (Pellucid Expressions 2011) to provide in-depth details of its creation.

Review of the author's work by BC Studies:
Behind the Steam: The Inside Story of the Gastown Steam Clock

[BCBW 2011]