The Ingenio City Council has promoted a project to bring back to public life a faithful replica of the emblematic clock of the Heredad Principal y Mina de Carrizal. This historical piece, which was attached to the side of the Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso church for decades, disappeared in the mid-20th century, but its memory has endured in old photographs and local stories.

The initiative, promoted by the Department of Cultural Heritage and Ethnographic Development, aims to restore an element that was fundamental to the daily life of El Carrizal, especially in a time when water was the engine of the local economy. The clock served as a time reference for the participants of the Heredad, who consulted the time to manage the distribution of irrigation water, an essential resource for the region's agriculture.

The recovery has been made possible thanks to exhaustive documentary and photographic research based on the Ingenio Municipal Archive. Historical images allowed for the maximum fidelity recreation of the original clock's shape, proportions, and characteristics. The project also has the support of the Diocese of the Canary Islands, which has authorized the intervention on the protected building.

The work, which officially began last Monday following a technical coordination meeting held on May 26th, is being carried out by artisan Alberto Viera. He has created a life-size cardboard model to ensure the perfect fit of the replica on the facade, intervening minimally on the historic building. The councilor for Cultural Heritage, Catalina Sánchez, the Heredad representative, Manuel Chil, the parish priest Yonathan Ravelo, and the municipal technician Emilio Sánchez, participated in defining the final details.

The installation of this replica will not only return an object to its original location but will also recover a significant part of the history and heritage of El Carrizal, strengthening the municipality's identity and collective memory.