Montreal Clock Tower
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The Montreal Clock Tower, also known as the Sailor's Memorial Clock and Tour de l’Horloge in French, is located in the borough of Ville-Marie and is situated in the Old Port of Montreal.[1][2] The construction of the tower began in 1919, and was finished in 1922.[1] The Clock Tower is 45 m (148 ft) tall with 192 steps from the bottom to the top of the tower.[3] It has three observation stops along the staircase and is the outside walls of the Clock Tower are white in colour.[3] The structure consists of the principal tower, as well as a smaller tower that is 12 m (39 ft) and architecturally similar to the main tower.[1] The two towers are connected by a white 13 m (42 ft) curtain wall.[1][2] The tower consists of four translucent clock faces.[3] These are each 3.7 m (12 ft) in diameter and were designed by the English engineering firm, Gillett & Johnston.[3]
45°30′44.44″N 073°32′44.84″W | |
Location | Old Port of Montreal |
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Height | 45 m (148 ft) |
Beginning date | October 31, 1919 |
Completion date | 1922 |
Dedicated to | Canadian sailors who died in World War I |
recorded August 2017 |
The building of the Montreal clock tower was directed by the Montreal Harbor Commission.[3] The commission which was formed in the year 1830 to oversea the infrastructural development of the Old Port of Montreal and was replaced by the National Harbours Board in 1936.[4] The tower marks the entrance to the Old Port of Montreal and its erection was dedicated to the seamen who died in the First World War.[4] It is a symbol of the port's economic contribution through grain exportation to the city of Montreal during the era of the Clock Tower's construction.[1]