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A clock tower is a tower built with one or more (often four) clock faces.The clock tower is usually part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall, but many clock towers are free-standing. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1687 KB) took photo myself. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1687 KB) took photo myself. ...
Geelong Church of England Grammar School is an Anglican co-educational boarding and day-boarding Public School. ...
Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th) - Land 227,416 km² - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...
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A platform clock at Kings Cross railway station in London A clock is an instrument for measuring and indicating the time. ...
City Hall is a 1996 film directed by Harold Becker. ...
The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock. It often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes, sometimes playing simple musical phrases or tunes. An electrically wound, gravity driven turret clock A turret clock is a large mechanical clock set in a tower for use by a large number of people. ...
A bell is a simple sound-making device. ...
For the musical instrument, see tubular bell. ...
Although clock towers are today mostly admired for their aesthetics, they once served an important purpose. Before the middle of the twentieth century, most people did not have watches; clock towers were therefore placed near the centers of towns and were often the tallest structures there. The use of clock towers in the West date back to the ancient Roman period, while other civilizations such as medieval China also featured clock towers (see Su Song). (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ...
History - Ancient history - Ancient Rome This is a List of Ancient Rome-related topics, that aims to include aspects of both the Ancient Roman Republic and Roman Empire. ...
Su Song èé (1020 â 1101), style Zirong å容, was a Chinese engineer. ...
Some clock towers are famous landmarks. Four of the best-known are the clock tower which houses Big Ben (often itself colloquially referred to as Big Ben) of the Palace of Westminster in London, the Rajabai Tower in Mumbai, the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin and the Peace Tower in Ottawa. The Clock Tower, often mistakenly known as Big Ben (the nickname of the Great Bell housed within the Clock Tower) The Clock Tower is the worlds largest four-faced, chiming turret clock. ...
âHouses of Parliamentâ redirects here. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
The Rajabai Clock tower. ...
, âBombayâ redirects here. ...
The following is a list of towers of Moscow Kremlin: Kremlin towers in the 19th century. ...
The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: ÐоÑковÑкий ÐÑемлÑ) is a historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the south), Saint Basils Cathedral (often mistaken by westerners as the Kremlin) and Red Square (to the east) and the Alexander Garden (to the west). ...
The Peace Tower in view on Parliament Hill The Peace Tower at night For other uses, see Peace Tower (disambiguation). ...
Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Location of the City of Ottawa in the Province of Ontario Coordinates: , Country Canada Province Ontario Established 1850 as Town of Bytown Incorporated 1855 as City of Ottawa Amalgamated January 1, 2001 Government - Mayor Larry OBrien - City Council Ottawa City Council - MPs List...
On New Year's Eve 2004 four 6.3-metre clock faces were added to the top of the Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science building in Warsaw, Poland making it the highest 4-faced clock tower in the world and the second highest clock tower in the world.[1]. The NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building 240 meters (787 feet) is 10 meters higher and is the highest clock tower in the world. The Allen-Bradley Clock Tower holds the record for largest non-chiming four faced clock. The chimes were intentionally left out so that the Big Ben tower would still have that record. New Years Eve is December 31, the final day of the Gregorian year, and the day before New Years Day. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Palace of Culture and Science A statue holding a book of Marx, Engels, and Lenin, with the name Stalin plastered over The Palace of Culture and Science (Polish: PaÅac Kultury i Nauki, also abbreviated PKiN) in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland and the worlds 164th tallest...
Motto: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms) Semper invicta (Always invincible) Coordinates: , Country Poland Voivodeship Masovia Powiat city county Gmina Warszawa Districts 18 boroughs City Rights turn of the 13th century Government - Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (PO) Area - City 516. ...
NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building ) is local in Shibuya ward in the Tokyo Greater Metropolian area. ...
Allen-Bradley Milwaukees Allen-Bradley Clock Tower, owned by Allen-Bradley, a product brand of Rockwell Automation, has long been a city landmark. ...
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Big Ben, Palace of Westminster, London, England ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1351, 713 KB) The Houses of Parliament, seen across Westminster Bridge. ...
The Clock Tower, often mistakenly known as Big Ben (the nickname of the Great Bell housed within the Clock Tower) The Clock Tower is the worlds largest four-faced, chiming turret clock. ...
âHouses of Parliamentâ redirects here. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() â on the European continent() â in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Government Constitutional monarchy - Monarch Queen Elizabeth II...
| The Rajabai Tower, South Mumbai, India Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 48 KB) The Rajabai Tower in the Mumbai University Fort Campus. ...
The Rajabai Clock tower. ...
South Mumbai South Mumbai (also referred to as South Bombay) is a geographic region in the city of Mumbai, India. ...
| The Spasskaya Tower, Moscow Download high resolution version (467x700, 39 KB)Photo of Kremlins Spasskaya Tower, taken August 2003 by User:Stan Shebs File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The following is a list of towers of Moscow Kremlin: Kremlin towers in the 19th century. ...
Moscow (Moskva) (Russian: , romanised: Moskva, IPA: see also other names) is the capital of Russia and the countrys economic, financial, educational, and transportation centre. ...
| Clock Tower, Faisalabad, Pakistan Image File history File links Size of this preview: 466 Ã 599 pixels Full resolution (890 Ã 1144 pixel, file size: 114 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Another view of the British built clock tower File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects...
The Clock tower - Side view The Faisalabad Clock Tower is one of the oldest monuments still standing in its original state from the British Raj Era. ...
(Urdu: ÙÛØµÙ آباد) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. ...
| Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science, the second highest clock clock tower Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã 600 pixelsFull resolution (2304 Ã 1728 pixel, file size: 1. ...
Palace of Culture and Science A statue holding a book of Marx, Engels, and Lenin, with the name Stalin plastered over The Palace of Culture and Science (Polish: PaÅac Kultury i Nauki, also abbreviated PKiN) in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland and the worlds 164th tallest...
| The Clock Tower Building of The Chinese High School, a national monument of Singapore The statue of Tan Kah Kee stands tall infront of the tower block. ...
The Chinese High School Clock Tower Building with a statue of the schools founder, Tan Kah Kee, in the foreground. ...
The Chinese High School (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), formerly Singapore Nanyang Overseas Chinese Middle School (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) was founded by philanthropist Tan Kah Kee on March 21, 1919 in Singapore. ...
The Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB), a statutory board under the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), has so far gazetted 54 buildings and structures in Singapore as the National Monuments of Singapore. ...
| Einsiedeln Abbey, Switzerland Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1009x1540, 134 KB) Einsiedeln abbey (tower clocks) Building PD-old (built in 1746, architect Caspar Moosbrugger). ...
, Einsiedeln abbey Einsiedeln abbey Lady Fountain Einsiedeln is a Benedictine monastery in Einsiedeln town, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, that title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, from which the name Einsiedeln is also said to have originated. ...
| McGraw Tower at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1168x1760, 151 KB) McGraw Tower, attached to Uris Library at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY taken by my friend Kevin W. Hall, he gave his permission to upload to wiki because he is lazy. ...
McGraw Tower on the corner of Cornells Arts Quad in 1919. ...
Cornell University is a university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar. ...
The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca) sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York State. ...
| Samford Hall located on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama Download high resolution version (1000x1504, 264 KB)Auburn Universitys Samford Hall; taken 09/05/2004 by J. Glover (AUtiger) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
William J. Samford Hall is a structure on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. ...
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a state university located in Auburn, Alabama, in the United States. ...
Nickname: The Loveliest Village on the Plains Location in Lee County, Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Lee County, Alabama - Mayor Bill Ham, Jr. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area Ranked 30th - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²) - Width 190 miles (306 km) - Length 330 miles (531 km) - % water 3. ...
| The Clock Tower at Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong was part of the former Kowloon Station Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x757, 69 KB)The Clock Tower, which was a part of the terminus of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) in Tsim Sha Tsui before the demolition of the main terminus building, is a landmark of Hong Kong, China File history Legend...
The Clock Tower The Clock Tower is a landmark in Hong Kong. ...
The Clock Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui is a famous landmark of Hong Kong. ...
In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon refers to the urban area made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutters Island in the west, Tates Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and...
The Clock Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui is a famous landmark of Kowloon. ...
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 Peace Tower, Parliament Hill Ottawa, Ontario Image File history File links Peace_Tower_and_Centennial_Flame. ...
The Peace Tower in view on Parliament Hill The Peace Tower at night For other uses, see Peace Tower (disambiguation). ...
Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario Parliament Hill (French Colline du Parlement), The Hill to locals, is a scenic location on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ...
Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Location of the City of Ottawa in the Province of Ontario Coordinates: , Country Canada Province Ontario Established 1850 as Town of Bytown Incorporated 1855 as City of Ottawa Amalgamated January 1, 2001 Government - Mayor Larry OBrien - City Council Ottawa City Council - MPs List...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked...
| Clock Tower of Saint Nicolas church, Kozani, Greece Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
There are communes that have the name Saint-Nicolas (French for Saint Nicholas) in France: In France Saint-Nicolas, in the Pas-de-Calais d partement Related Saint-Nicolas-aux-Bois, in the Aisne d partement Saint-Nicolas-dAliermont, in the Seine-Maritime d partement Saint-Nicolas-dAttez...
Kozani (Greek: ), is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani Prefecture and of West Macedonia periphery. ...
| Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 497 KB) Summary By Mohd Hafiz Noor Shams. ...
The Malay College Kuala Kangsar (Malay College, MCKK, MC or Koleq, Kolek and sometimes dubbed the Eton of the East) is the premier residential school in Malaysia. ...
| Central Terminal, Sydney, Australia Download high resolution version (512x768, 99 KB)Clock tower of Central Railway Station, Sydney, Australia (i took this photo myself) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Central Railway Station (also known as Sydney Terminal) is the largest railway station in Sydney, Australia. ...
| The old Star Ferry pier in Central, Hong Kong Image:Star Ferry Pier in Central, Hong Kong. ...
Lower deck of a Star Ferry in the morning Old Star Ferry Pier in Central, Hong Kong. ...
| Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, The University of Birmingham, tallest clock tower in England Image File history File linksMetadata Chamberlain_clock_tower. ...
Old Joe, the University Clock Tower. ...
The University of Birmingham is an English university in the city of Birmingham. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() â on the European continent() â in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Government Constitutional monarchy - Monarch Queen Elizabeth II...
| Clock tower of the Mississauga City Hall in Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga City Hall File links The following pages link to this file: Mississauga, Ontario ...
View of Mississauga City Centre from a nearby area The Mississauga Civic Centre is the city hall of the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. ...
Motto: Pride in our past, Faith in our future Area: 288. ...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked...
| Allen-Bradley Division Rockwell Automation Clock Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x800, 165 KB)Copyright © 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
A Milwaukee-based company that specializes in industrial control and automation products. ...
Rockwell Automation NYSE: ROK is an industrial automation company. ...
Nickname: Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: , County Milwaukee Government - Mayor Tom Barrett (D) Area - City 97 sq mi (251. ...
| City Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3200x2400, 1513 KB) Summary Photo taken by Micah Clemens. ...
âMinneapolisâ redirects here. ...
| Sather Tower, University of California, Berkeley Download high resolution version (600x800, 69 KB)Photograph of Sather Tower (the Campanile) taken on September 11, 2003 by Minesweeper and released under terms of the GNU FDL. See also: Smaller version File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this...
Sather Tower is a campanile (bell and clock tower) on the University of California, Berkeley campus. ...
Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ...
| Memorial Tower, Louisiana State University Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Memorial Tower, or the Campanile as it is sometimes called, is a 175 foot clock tower in the center of Louisiana State Universitys campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ...
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ...
| Clock Tower, Rome, Georgia Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 416 Ã 599 pixelsFull resolution (1719 Ã 2474 pixel, file size: 3. ...
Aerial view of downtown Rome Location of Rome and major highways Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Rome is the largest city in and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. ...
| Tower of the University of Saint Mark, Lima, Peru Image File history File links UNMSM_foto2. ...
National University of San Marcos or University of Saint Mark [1] (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), or simply San Marcos) is a public university in Lima, Peru. ...
Nickname: Motto: Hoc signum vere regum est Lima Province and Lima within Peru Coordinates: , Country Peru Region Lima Region Province Lima Province Settled January 18, 1535 Government - Mayor Luis Castañeda Lossio Area - City 804. ...
| The Cathedral of San Agustin bell/clock tower in Laredo, Texas. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 448 Ã 600 pixelsFull resolution (2128 Ã 2848 pixel, file size: 2. ...
The San Agustin Cathedral in Laredo, Texas The Cathedrals bell / clock tower is the second tallest structure in Laredo, Texas The Cathedral of San Agustin is the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Laredo, Texas. ...
Nickname: Settled 1755 Government - Type Mayor / City Manager - Mayor Raul G. Salinas - City Manager Carlos R. Villarreal Area - City 218. ...
| Ferry Building, San Francisco, California Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (455x749, 116 KB) Kelvin Kay user:Kkmd I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
The Embarcaderos Ferry Building The Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay and a shopping center located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. ...
Nickname: Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: , Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Founded 1776 Government - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area - City 47 sq mi (122 km²) - Land 46. ...
| University of Texas Health Science Center in Laredo, Texas Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 448 Ã 600 pixelsFull resolution (2128 Ã 2848 pixel, file size: 3. ...
The UT Health Science Centers administration building. ...
Nickname: Settled 1755 Government - Type Mayor / City Manager - Mayor Raul G. Salinas - City Manager Carlos R. Villarreal Area - City 218. ...
| See also Bell Tower is an office tower in Edmonton, Canada. ...
A campanile (pronounced []) is, especially in Italy, a free-standing bell tower (Italian campana, bell), often adjacent to a church or cathedral. ...
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References - ^ History of PKiN in a nutshell.
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