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Louisville Clock

Architect: Barney Bright[1]
Dedicated: December 3, 1976
Dedicated by: Wilson W. Wyatt
Dedicated at: River City Mall (later the Louisville Galleria and then Fourth Street Live!)
Location: Theatre Square

The Louisville Clock (often called the Derby Clock) was a 40-foot (12 m) high ornamental clock that was formerly located on Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky.[2] It was designed in the appearance like a gigantic wind-up toy, incorporating themes of Kentucky culture, especially the Kentucky Derby horse race. Eight ornamental columns supported an elevated 5-lane race track. At noon each day, a bugle would announce the beginning of a race between five hand-carved statues of figures with local significance: George Rogers Clark, Daniel Boone, Thomas Jefferson, King Louis XVI of France, and the Belle of Louisville.[1][3] Several mechanized sculptures of notable past Louisvillians watched from above in a Victorian-esque gazebo: Mary Anderson, D.W. Griffith, Zachary Taylor, Henry Watterson, and the trumpeter Oliver Cooke. In 2015, it was dismantled and moved into indefinite storage.

  1. ^ a b "Louisville Clock to be rededicated". 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  2. ^ The Encyclopedia of Louisville By John E. Kleber (University Press of Kentucky) page 540 ISBN 0-8131-2100-0
  3. ^ About-face on outlook for clock is overdue[dead link] Bob Hill Courier Journal Saturday, March 13, 2004

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