Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower
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| Address : | Lebuh Light, George Town, 10450 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia |
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| Description : | Iconic clock tower built in the Moorish style commemorating Queen Victoria, popular for photos. |
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macedonboy on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Visited back in Jan.
This clock tower was commissioned to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. As clock towers go, this one is pretty standard and as I was heading towards Fort Cornwallis anyway, it was only a small detour to get the obligatory photo of this clock tower. The main points of interest about this is that it’s built in an Indo-Islamic style, but with a pale blue and white colour scheme. An unusual combination.
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Toan Vo on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Being one of the landmarks and attractions in Penang, the Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower is a testament to Penang’s royal connections. Commissioned in 1897 by a local millionaire, Cheah Chen Eok, to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, it stands 60ft-high, with each foot representing a year of the Queen’s 60-year reign.
There are plenty of streets and landmarks all over the island named after blue bloods but The Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower, set on King Edward’s Place in Georgetown, is one of its best known. Interesting fact: although it is hardly noticeable, due to the impact from bombs being dropped around it during WWII, The Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower leans to one side, much like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Located south of Fort Cornwallis, The Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower was built at a cost of 35,000 Straits dollars and the gleaming whitewashed tower is topped by a Moorish dome. It has four tiers: the base is octagon-shaped and the following two tiers comprise four distinct sections with elaborate windows, balconies and a working clock on each side. The topmost tier is rounded off with Roman pillars and topped with a golden dome cupola.
The six steps leading up to the main entrance denote the number of decades of Queen Victoria's reign. Right beside The Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower is a 48m-high Pinang structure (a metal betel nut sculpture), which looks like two halves of the Pinang fruit.
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Suhaib Mirza on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Iconic and historic clock tower located near north eastern coastline in Georgetown. Built on the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria of England, the clock tower has height of 60 meters to celebrate the diamond jubilee.
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BradJill on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of the interesting colonial landmarks in Georgetown is the Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower (Jubilee Clock Tower) found in the centre of the small roundabout at King Edward's Place, at the junction of Light Street and Beach Street come together. It is just south of Fort Cornwallis and quite simple to find.
The tower was built in 1897 to commemorate the jubilee celebration of Queen Victoria. The base level is octagonal in shape, followed by two four-sided tiers with decorative windows and clock faces, followed by a last level of Romanesque pillars, topped by a Moorish style dome and spire. The clock tower is an interesting design and has the appearance of a layered cake, similar to some of the Christopher Wren churches in London.
Interestingly, there is a metal sculpture of a betel nut sharing space with the clock tower in the roundabout green. It is contemporary design and is supposed to represent a local Pinang fruit, This sculpture is surrounded by waterspouts and makes for a stark contrast to the earlier period clock tower.
The Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower and the Betel Nut sculpture can be seen in just a few minutes, before or after visiting nearby Fort Cornwallis or other attractions in this area of George Town, Penang.
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Omar Yusoh on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is a great experience to visit this place. There is a lot of beautiful building and structure around this place and there are a lot of interesting things in the town like street arts, beaches, and museums. I recommend you to visit this place once.
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David Maddison on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A beautiful colonial clock tower along the coast of Georgetown. There’s amazing pictures in the local museum of the scene during its prime and it’s crazy to see the amount of shipping and traffic that existed. The shoreline has also been changed as the clock tower was practically on the water’s edge.
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Tjiah Tjong on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Possibly the oldest working clock tower in the country, noted that it was built in 1897 by a local Chinese businessman to commemorate Queen Victoria 60th year reign. The clock tower stands proudly admit the blazing sun and torrential rain for over a century facing these torrid conditions.
I am sure not many will notice least give any attention to this historical piece of landmark. The younger generations have no given interest as in the local authority, in time to come it will be forgotten and remain a white elephant. The beauty of this piece of fine architectural work is the correct time it displayed and the solid structure that holds it through the years of corrosion.
It needs to be made known of the royal connection it holds and not simply another clock tower.
I managed to capture the scripted commemoration written of the wall of the clock tower on the 1st. of May 2022 which I didn't notice earlier. This is a living proof that history has to acknowledge.
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Jeff See on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower was built in 1897 in conjunction with the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign. It was fully funded by local businessman, Cheah Chen Eok. The design is Moorish and has 3 stories. It was slightly damaged in the 2 world war by the Imperial Japanese aerial bombardments. The tower has since tilted. Bring along a pendulum and you will be able to witness. The height of the tower is always said to be 60 feet. In actual fact, 60 feet is the height measured from the base to the centre of the clock. A foot for a year for the commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of 60 years. In fact, it was the year 1897 that was intended and 97 behind the actual determination of the height. Full height of the tower till the tip of the cupola is 97 feet. Killing two birds with a stone, making more parties happy. Why not?
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