Do you have a clock-tower in your city/village/town?
By ssh123
@ssh123 (31073)
India
December 25, 2006 1:04am CST
From what distance one can see the time? Any interesting anecdotes? My school has one. Most of the time, flocks of pigeons push the needle of the clock from inside and one could not rely on the time. It was built in 1945 and once a week the time is reset. There is one in Mysore City and the area is known as CLOCK TOWER CIRCLE. Can I have your experiences jot down here?
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@liciagomes (452)
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26 Dec 06
Oh yes we do. In the Uk there are a lot of Clock - towers I am sure you must have heard about Big Ben ??? It earns recognition as the largest four faced chiming clock in the world. Then further down in Cardiff there is a clock tower too Baby Big Ben is the Welsh version of Big Ben at the Pierhead in Cardiff. A clock tower similar to Big Ben is the Chamberlain Tower of the University of Birmingham, England. Often referred to as "Old Tom" or "Old Joe", it is around three quarters of the size of Big Ben. Its four faces are each seventeen feet in diameter.
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@parassiniprashob (479)
• India
25 Dec 06
i have seen a clock tower in dubai, i didnt seen any yet in india and in my town , because i lives in a small city thats why we dont have a CLOCK TOWER here
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@edigital (2709)
• United States
25 Dec 06
In Dhaka city there are clock tower in 2 placed one in Capital Dev. Authority building and another in City Corporation Building (City Mayor's office). In villages and other towns there are huge mosque from where people hear 5 times a day Azan (Islamic invitation for prayer) and can understand times of the day and night.
@Amiyabhai (32)
• India
26 Dec 06
There is also a clock tower in my city.It is a small height one and at the main market place.Though its use is outdated now in this celullar phone age,still it is errect and ready to show time from its stopped hands. Also it gives a good shelter for many pigeons those we see very often while marketing there.Since it is the only clock tower of our city we appreciate it very much irrespective of its unmaintained condition.Thanx
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@anantpande (8)
• India
26 Dec 06
yup there is 1 tower its name is kamlatower ,it is showing correct time 4 more than 50 years it named after jk companies founder mr kamlapat singhania ...it one of historical monument of kanpur
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@sumathishetra (1178)
• India
26 Dec 06
ya even in my town it is there near the big multinationaly company and i often adjust my time according to that clock and i really love to watch it and i take my relative there to visit that place and even they enjoy it.
@ranimukul (130)
• India
26 Dec 06
yes, there are many clock towers in my city..i live in Delhi, India...
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@subhadiproy (847)
• India
26 Dec 06
yes...i do hav a clock tower in my town...it s pretty old...it stopped few years bk... but started runing agn :)
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@bimmer999 (1158)
• Philippines
26 Dec 06
we have a non-functional one here in the city...looks old and worn out
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@lucaspina (372)
• Brazil
26 Dec 06
yes here in Rio de Janeiro have one they call 'Central do Brasil'(Center of brazil) but that is a place for murders,pickpockets is really dangerous there!
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@ladysurvivor (4746)
• Malaysia
26 Dec 06
My city has one big clock on a big building (but not clock tower) and we use it every year on the independence day to count the midnight strike. One funny incident happened when the clock did not strike 12 and everybody had waited like from 8:00 p.m. Everybody was quite frustrated but what to do? So that year we celebrated without the clock chime. LOL
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@musha_ali (391)
• Pakistan
26 Dec 06
Yes my city Hyderabad (Pakistan) has a clock tower but not working.......
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