Tour de l'Horloge (Montreal)
The Tour de l'Horloge is a clock tower in Montreal . It is located on the Quai de l'Horloge in the Old Port , on the banks of the Saint Lawrence River . It was built between 1921 and 1922 and has been a listed building since 1996.
As part of the expansion of the port facilities, the Montreal port authority decided to build a grain silo and storage shed on the Victoria pier (now known as the Quai de l'Horloge). She also decided to build a tower to commemorate the merchant navy sailors who died during World War I. In the late 1970s, the buildings on the pier were demolished. Only the clock tower remained, which was restored in 1984 and has been open to the public ever since.
The tower with a square floor plan is 45 meters high and can be climbed via a staircase with 192 steps. The movement comes from the Gillett & Johnston Manufacture in Croydon ( London ) and is similar to that of Big Ben in the Palace of Westminster . The original plan was to connect the clockwork with five bells and thus turn the tower into a carillon .
Web links
- Monument protection information (French)
- Historical and architectural information (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ No time to lose: Custodian of the clocks has a busy schedule. (No longer available online.) Montreal Gazette, Oct. 27, 2008, archived from the original on Nov. 5, 2012 ; Retrieved December 9, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 45 ° 30'44.1 " N , 73 ° 32'44.9" W.