The Victoria Memorial Clocktower - Pulau Pinang
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N 05° 25.133 E 100° 20.650
47N E 648921 N 599132
A clock tower on Pulau Pinang
Waymark Code: WMA2N9
Location: Malaysia
Date Posted: 11/07/2010
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The Victoria Memorial Clocktower at King Edward Place, Penang, was built by local Penang millionaire Cheah Chen Eok in 1897 to commemorate the sixtieth year of the Queen's reign. The tower was sixty feet tall, with each foot for each year of the Queen's reign. Unfortunately, she never visited Penang, nor did she ever live long enough to see her clocktower completed. By the time it was completed in 1902, the Queen had died. The lean is the result of bombs dropped around it in WWII.
Status: Working
Display: Mounted
Year built: 04/01/1902
Web link to additional info: Not listed
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