Do you have a clock-tower in your city/village/town?

@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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61 responses
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.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
You have explained it very well and it was like going around the London city.Thanks for the same.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
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• 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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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
25 Dec 06
Is that located in Bar dubai? AFter taking a boat 10 paise abra? Thanks for your information.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
25 Dec 06
That is very interesting piece of information. Thanks for the same.
• China
26 Dec 06
there are lots of it in china
@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.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
25 Dec 06
That is really interesting. Are these two clocks are functional or non-functional, decorative pieces?
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
23 May 07
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@chaitu007 (1338)
• India
26 Dec 06
we have a clock tower in our city
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Thanks for your information.
• 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
• 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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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Yes I can remember about JK Tyres is quite well known. Thanks for the information.
• 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.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Thank you very much for your interesting response.
@ranimukul (130)
• India
26 Dec 06
yes, there are many clock towers in my city..i live in Delhi, India...
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Thanks for the response.
• 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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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Is it automatic? Thanks for your response.
• India
26 Dec 06
iam having charminar
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Thanks for the response. Are these minars having clocks?
• India
26 Dec 06
dont even know.. havent been through the town
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Better take a look. The city can be seen very nicely only in the night.
• United States
26 Dec 06
where I grew up, there isn't any type of clock tower, perhaps because it's such a rural area. my school has one in the middle of campus. I never really pay attention to it though unless I'm sitting near it and it starts going off.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
The clock at the school must have been useful to the students to know the time?
@ck_n00r (38)
• Malaysia
26 Dec 06
My town got one clock tower. It located middle of my town. This clock tower was built around 1980 before I born. Hehehe..
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Thanks for your interesting response.
@bimmer999 (1159)
• Philippines
26 Dec 06
we have a non-functional one here in the city...looks old and worn out
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Just write one letter (email) to the local newspaper (letter to the editor) and once it is published, the concenred authorities set it right. Thanks for your information.
@kannan86 (208)
• India
26 Dec 06
there are 2 clock towers in my college.one is small,other is big but not crearly visible from far distances.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Thanks for very good information presented neatly.
@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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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
This is the first time, I am hearing that a place known as popular centre elsehwere in the world, here in Brasil it is known as crime centre. Very sad. Thanks for information.
@miryam (6505)
• Italy
25 Dec 06
I'm live in Italy only country are a church and evry church are a tower with a clock, whith bell that song the hours.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
25 Dec 06
That is something great. Must have been built hundreds of years ago. Thanks for the information.
• 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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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Really very interesting information and I was wondering what people were doing from 8 p.m. to midnight?
@adnan007 (1083)
• India
26 Dec 06
yes!there is a clock just miles after my house,and a beautiful antique too.there is a sculpture of a person too,may b some kind of neta .we call it Ghanta ghar.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Thanks for your response.
@musha_ali (391)
• Pakistan
26 Dec 06
Yes my city Hyderabad (Pakistan) has a clock tower but not working.......
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
26 Dec 06
Why donot write a letter to the editor of your newspaper about this non-functional clock?