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  2. List of tallest clock towers - Wikipedia

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    6th tallest freestanding clock tower in the world. A UNESCO World Heritage site [60] 44: Allen-Bradley Clock Tower: 85.3 m (280 ft) 4: Yes: 1963: Tower Building: Clock Tower: USA: Milwaukee: Clock faces are 12.25 m (40.2 ft) [61] 45: Manchester Town Hall: 85.3 m (280 ft) 4: Yes: 1877: Tower Building: Government: United Kingdom: Manchester ...

  3. List of clock towers - Wikipedia

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    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. The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes ...

  4. List of largest clock faces - Wikipedia

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    Clock tower: USA: Minneapolis: Largest four-face chiming clock in the world. Clock tower is 105 m (344 ft). Minute hands are 4.3 m (14 ft) [26] 35: Elizabeth Tower: 7 m (23 ft) 4: Yes: 1859: Clock Tower: United Kingdom: London: Clock tower is 96 m (315 ft) tall. Commonly known as 'Big Ben', although this is accurately the name of the largest ...

  5. Clock tower - Wikipedia

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    The clock tower of Philadelphia City Hall was part of the tallest building in the world from 1894, [9] when the tower was topped out and the building partially occupied, [10] [11] until 1908. Taller buildings have had clock faces added to their existing structure such as the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw , with a clock added in 2000.

  6. Big Ben - Wikipedia

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    Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, [1] [2] and, by extension, for the clock tower itself, [3] which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. [4] Originally known simply as the Clock Tower, it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

  7. List of tallest freestanding structures - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of tallest freestanding structures in the world past and present. To be freestanding a structure must not be supported by guy wires , the sea or other types of auxiliary support. It therefore does not include guyed masts , partially guyed towers and drilling platforms but does include towers , skyscrapers ( pinnacle height) and ...

  8. Category:Clock towers by country - Wikipedia

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    Clock towers in the United States‎ (2 C, 4 P) V. Clock towers in Vietnam‎ (3 P) This page was last edited on 25 January 2022, at 22:18 (UTC). Text is available ...

  9. List of tallest buildings - Wikipedia

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    Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower: 601.0 1,972 120 (+ 3 below ground) Mecca Saudi Arabia: 2012 Tallest building in Saudi Arabia, tallest clock tower and contains the highest museum in the world [18] 5 Ping An International Finance Centre: 599.1 1,966 115 (+ 5 below ground) Shenzhen China: 2017 [19] 6 Lotte World Tower: 554.5 1,819 123 (+ 6 below ground ...