List of clock towers

This is a list of clock towers by location, including only clock towers based on the following definition:

A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall.

The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes, sometimes playing simple musical phrases or tunes.

Africa

Egypt

Name	City/Town	State/Province	Built	Image
Cairo University Clock	Cairo	Cairo Governorate

Libya

Tripoli, Ottoman clock tower (1866-70)^[1]^[2]

Nigeria

Name	City/Town	State/Province	Built	Image
University of Ibadan clock tower	Ibadan	Oyo

South Africa

Name	Location	Built	Image
Clock Tower	Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town

Tunisia

Name	Location	Built	Image
Clock Tower	January 14th, 2011 Square, Tunis

Americas

Argentina

Aruba

Willem III Tower at Fort Zoutman, Oranjestad

Barbados

Parliament of Barbados, Bridgetown

Brazil

Alagoas

Torre do Relógio, Piranhas

Amapá

Marco Zero, Macapá

Amazonas

Ceará

Praça do Relógio, Tianguá
Praça do Ferreira, Fortaleza
Praça Coluna da Hora, Sobral

Distrito Federal

Praça do Relógio, Taguatinga, Federal District

Espírito Santo

Relógio da Praça Oito, Vitória

Goiás

Relógio da Avenida Goiás, Goiânia
Praça Guarda Mor Francisco José Pinheiro, Piracanjuba
Antiga Estação Ferroviária, Goiânia

Mato Grosso

Catedral Basílica do Senhor Bom Jesus, Cuiabá

Mato Grosso do Sul

Minas Gerais

Praça Rui Barbosa, Belo Horizonte
Museu da Inconfidência, Ouro Preto
Basílica Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, Belo Horizonte
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte City Hall, Belo Horizonte
Centro de Cultura Belo Horizonte (CRModa), Belo Horizonte
Praça Doutor João Penido, Juiz de Fora
Praça Doutor Jorge Frange, Uberaba
Torre do Relógio da Paróquia Nossa Senhora Saúde, Lambari
Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Pedro Leopoldo
Igreja São José, Belo Horizonte
Museu de Artes e Ofícios, Belo Horizonte

Pará

Praça Siqueira Campos, Belém

Paraná

Chile

In 2013, a research made by newspaper La Tercera revealed that only 5 out of 25 clock towers are functioning in Santiago, mostly because of financial issues and lack of interest by the owners.^[3]

Cámara de Comercio de Santiago, Santiago
Intendencia de Santiago, Santiago
Law School at University of Chile, Santiago
Chilean National History Museum, Santiago
San Francisco Church, Santiago

Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Vancouver City Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia

Ontario

Brampton City Hall, Brampton, Ontario
Cambridge City Hall,(formerly Galt City Hall) Cambridge, Ontario
Cathedral Church of St. James, Toronto
Central Post Office (Ottawa)
Dominion Building, Brampton
Hamilton City Hall
Hart House (University of Toronto), Soldiers' Tower (University of Toronto), Toronto
Kerr Hall, Ryerson University, Toronto
Mississauga City Hall in Mississauga
Old City Hall (Toronto), Toronto
Peace Tower, Parliament Hill Ottawa
Planet Snoopy (formerly Hanna-Barbera Land), Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan
Queen Street Viaduct, Toronto
Queen's Quay Terminal, Toronto
Ridley College, St. Catharines
Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario
St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, Ontario)
Summerhill-North Toronto CPR Station, Toronto
Toronto Fire Services Station 227, Toronto
Upper Canada College, Toronto
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, Peterborough, Ontario
Fire Hall and Police Station, Exhibition Place, Toronto
Toronto Fire Service Station 315, former Toronto Fire Department Hose Station # 8, Toronto - 1972 replica of 1878 tower
Press Building, Exhibition Place, Toronto
former Toronto Fire Department Fire Hall Number 3, Toronto - tower now on top of new commercial building at 484 Yonge Street
Toronto Fire Station 312, former Toronto FD Hall #10
former North York Fire Hall # 1 hose drying tower - now located at Princess Park behind Empress Walk
Etobicoke Civic Centre clock tower, Toronto
East York Civic Centre, Toronto

Quebec

Gare du Palais, Quebec City, Quebec
Montreal Clock Tower, Quebec
Place d'Armes Clock Tower, Montreal, Quebec

Mexico

Reloj Monumental, Pachuca, Hidalgo

Peru

Tower of the University of Saint Mark, Lima

United States

Clock tower of Chicago's Wrigley Building from Trump International Hotel and Tower.
The Ferry Terminal Clock Tower, Hoboken, New Jersey.

Asia

Bangladesh

Name	Location	Built	Image
Ali Amjad's Clock	Sylhet	ca. 1895

China

Name	Location	Built
Haikou Clock Tower	Haikou, Hainan	1929
Hong Kong Clock Tower	Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong	1915
Star Ferry Pier, Central	Central, Hong Kong	1950s

Bhutan

Name	Location	Built	Image
Clock Tower Square	Hogdzin Lam, Thimphu	N/A

India

Indonesia

Name	Location	Built	Image
Jam Gadang	Bukittinggi	1926

Iran

Name	Location	Built
Vank Cathedral Clock Tower	Isfahan
Ali al-Ridha Clock Tower	Mashhad
Sari Hotel Clock Tower	Sari
Sa'at Tower (Tabriz City Hall)	Tabriz	1934
Shams ol-Emare	Tehran

Israel

Haifa, Ottoman clock tower (c. 1898-1900)
Safed, Ottoman clock tower at the "Saraya" (government house), inaugurated in 1900

Name	Location	Built	Notes
Khan al-Umdan	Acre	1906
Bell tower at St. Anthony's Church, Jaffa	Jaffa	1932
Bell tower at St. Peter's Church, Jaffa	Jaffa	1894
Jaffa Clock Tower	Jaffa	1903
Clock tower at the Monastery of Saint Saviour	Jerusalem	1885
Petah Tikva clock tower	Founders' Square, Petah Tikva	2007	Rebuilt in the image of an older clock tower that once stood in the same location

Japan

Name	Location	Built	Image
NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building	Shibuya, Tokyo	2002
Sapporo Clock Tower	Sapporo	1881

Kuwait

Name	Location	Built	Image
Seif Palace clock tower	Kuwait City	1904

Lebanon

Name	Location	Built
Collège Saint Joseph – Antoura clock tower	Aintoura
American University of Beirut's College Hall Clock	Beirut
Abd Clock Tower	Nejme Square, Beirut
Hamidiyyeh Clock Tower	Beirut	1897
al-Tell Clock Tower	Tripoli
Our Lady of Salvation Clock Tower	Zahlé

Malaysia

Name	Location	Built
Parit Buntar Clock Tower	Daerah Kerian, Perak
Jubilee Clock Tower	George Town, Penang	1902
Malayan Railway Building	George Town, Penang
Birch Memorial Clock Tower	Ipoh, Perak	1909
Clock tower	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Atkinson Clock Tower	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah	1905
Malay College Kuala Kangsar Clock Tower	Kuala Kangsar, Perak	1955
Sultan Abdul Samad Building	Kuala Lumpur	1897
Tan Beng Swee Clock Tower, Stadhuys Square	Malacca
Teluk Intan Leaning Tower	Teluk Intan, Perak	1885

Myanmar

Name	Location	Built	Image
High Court Building	Kyauktada Township, Yangon	1911

Nepal

Name	Location	Notes
Ghanta Ghar	Birgunj
Ghanta Ghar	Kathmandu	The tower was destroyed in an earthquake in 1990, and subsequently rebuilt, but does not look exactly like the previous version
Dharan clock tower	Dharan

Pakistan

Name	Location	Built
Cunningham Clock Tower	Peshawar	1900
Merewether Memorial Tower	Karachi	1892
Clock tower	Faisalabad	1905
Clock tower	Sialkot
Clock tower	Multan	1884
Nishtar Clock Tower	Multan
Navalrai Market Clocktower	Hyderabad
Clock tower	Sukkur

Palestine

Name	Location	Built	Image
Manara Clock Tower	Nablus	1906

Philippines

Name	Location	Built
Manila City Hall Clock Tower	Manila	1930s
Quiapo Church	Quiapo, Manila	1988
University of Santo Tomas Main Building	Sampaloc, Manila	1927

Singapore

Name	Location	Built	Image
The Chinese High School Clock Tower Building		1925
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall		early 1900s

Sri Lanka

Name	Location	Built
Batticaloa Clock Tower	Batticaloa	1992
Galle Clock Tower	Galle	1883
Jaffna Clock Tower	Jaffna	1882
Kandy Clock Tower	Kandy	1950
Khan Clock Tower	Colombo	1923
Koch Memorial Clock Tower	Colombo	1881
Kurunegala Clock Tower	Kurunegala	1922
Old Colombo Lighthouse	Colombo	1829
Piliyandala Clock Tower	Piliyandala	1952

Saudi Arabia

Name	Location	Built	Image
Royal Mecca Clock Tower	Mecca	2011

South Korea

Name	Location	Built	Image
Myeongdong Cathedral	Myeongdong, Jung District, Seoul	1898

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Name	Location	Built	Image
Deira Clock Tower	Deira, Dubai	1963

Europe

Albania

Austria

Graz Clock Tower, Graz

Denmark

Dipylon Clock Tower in the Carlsberg District, Copenhagen
City Hall Tower Clock on City Hall Square, Copenhagen

Greece

Clock Tower of Arta, Greece
Clock Tower of Giannitsa, Greece
Clock Tower of Komotini, Greece
Clock Tower of Saint Nicolas church, Kozani, Greece
Clock Tower of Xanthi, Greece

Finland

Central railway station, Helsinki, Finland

France

Metz railway station, Metz, France

Germany

Replica of the traffic tower of 1924 on Potsdamer Platz, Berlin

Ireland

Church of St Anne (Shandon)#ClockIsle of ManChurch of St Anne Clock Tower in Shandon, Cork City

Isle of Man

Latvia

Lithuania

Bell tower of Vilnius Cathedral on Cathedral Square, Vilnius

Malta

Birgu Clock Tower, Birgu (destroyed)

Montenegro

Sahat kula, Podgorica

The Netherlands

Martinitoren, Groningen

Romania

Russia

Spasskaya Tower, Moscow

Serbia

Clock Gate, Kalemegdan, Belgrade

Slovakia

Michael's Gate, Bratislava

Switzerland

Turkey: see under Asia

Ukraine

Simferopol railway station, Simferopol

United Kingdom

Bank Hall Clock Tower, Bretherton, Lancashire, England
Central Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
City Hall, Cardiff, Wales
City Hall, Norwich, England
Civic Centre, Southampton, England
Clock Tower, Brighton, England
Clock Tower, Malvern, England
Clock Tower, Clevedon, England
Clock Tower, Epsom, Surrey, England
Clock Tower, Herne Bay, Kent, England - probably oldest in the UK
Clock tower, Redcar, North Yorkshire, England
Clock tower, Surbiton, London, England
Council House, Nottingham, England
Colchester Clock Tower, Colchester, England
Elizabeth Tower (formerly St Stephen's Tower), Palace of Westminster, London, England (Big Ben is the name of the bell inside)
Gravesend Clock Tower, Kent, England
Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower, Leicester, England
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, The University of Birmingham, England (The tallest freestanding clock tower in the world)
Jubilee Clock, Weymouth, Dorset, England
Jubilee Clock Tower, Churchill, North Somerset, England
King's Cross station, London, England
Little Ben, London, England
Liver Building, Liverpool, England
North British Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland
Parkinson Building, The University of Leeds, England
St. Pancras railway station, London, England
Tolbooth Steeple, Glasgow, Scotland
Trent Building, The University of Nottingham, England
Victoria Building, The University of Liverpool, England
Victoria Tower, Liverpool, England

Oceania

Australia

Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, South Australia
Adelaide General Post Office, Adelaide, South Australia
Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane, Queensland
Central Railway Station, Sydney, New South Wales
Fremantle Town Hall, Fremantle, Western Australia
General Post Office, Sydney, New South Wales
Hobart General Post Office, Hobart, Tasmania
Launceston Post Office, Launceston, Tasmania
Kalgoorlie Post Office, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria
Perth Town Hall, Perth, Western Australia
Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, New South Wales
Winthrop Hall, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia.
The Nannup Clock Tower,Nannup, Western Australia

New Zealand

Hopwood Clock Tower, Palmerston North

References

^ Libya on edge as oil tensions rise, AlJazeera.com, 18 March 2014. Accessed 3 January 2021.
^ Tripoli Clock Tower, LibyaObserver.ly, 27 August 2018. Accessed 3 January 2021.
^ "La decadencia que afecta a relojes de Santiago" [The decadence that affects clock towers in Santiago] (video). YouTube (in Spanish). Santiago: La Tercera. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

External links

Towerclocks.org - Tower clocks database

[1] Libya on edge as oil tensions rise, AlJazeera.com, 18 March 2014. Accessed 3 January 2021.

[2] Tripoli Clock Tower, LibyaObserver.ly, 27 August 2018. Accessed 3 January 2021.

[3] "La decadencia que afecta a relojes de Santiago" [The decadence that affects clock towers in Santiago] (video). YouTube (in Spanish). Santiago: La Tercera. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

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