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This is a list of clock towers by location, including only clock towers based on the following definition: A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall.
Clock Tower was constructed in 1901. [2] The then-Deputy Commissioner initiated its construction, equipping it with large clocks on all four sides for public time-telling. [ 2 ] In 1906, a bell was added to the tower, ringing hourly and audible throughout the city.
The Frere Hall, St. Patrick's Cathedral and Mereweather Clock Tower in Karachi, and neoclassical Montgomery Hall in Lahore are some examples. A new style of architecture known as Indo-Saracenic revival style developed, from a mixture of European and Indo-Islamic components.
As a compensation of the demolition, the clock tower was erected at the cost of ₹ 15,000 (equivalent to ₹ 3.8 million or US$46,000 in 2023). [1] [2] It was inaugurated on 4 April 1915 [1] by prince Jayasingrao Sayajirao Gaekwad. In 2018, the Siddhpur municipality has proposed to develop the tower as a monument. [1] The inscription on the ...
Merewether Clock Tower or Merewether Tower (Urdu: میری ویدر ٹاور) [2] is a neo-Gothic clocktower built during the Victorian era in Karachi, Pakistan. [3] The tower is a landmark in central Karachi, and is at the termini of two of the most important roads in central Karachi: Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road and I. I. Chundrigar Road.
The Chimnabai Clock Tower, also known as the Raopura Tower, is a clock tower situated in the Raopura area of Vadodara, Gujarat, India. It was completed in 1896 and named in memory of Chimnabai I (1864–1885), a queen and the first wife of Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda State. It was built in Indo-Saracenic architecture style.