Audio of the clock mechanism (with the hum of air conditioning in the background)
recorded August 2017
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]
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]
^ abcde"Clock Tower". Parks Canada Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
^ ab"Tour de l'Horloge". A View on Cities. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
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