The entire cost of the tower, which was Rs 2 lakh in 1878, was sponsored by Premchand Roychand, on the condition that it be named after his mother Rajabai.ĭon’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp.
Located in the Fort campus of the Mumbai university, the tower was modelled on Big Ben and designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. And search more of iStocks library of royalty-free stock images that features London - England.
Previously called the Library Tower, the name was later changed to honour Jennie McGraw, who donated the chimes, and her father, trustee John McGraw. Download this View Of Big Ben Clock Tower At Sunset photo now. A clock in Mecca stole the World's Largest title in 2010. The famous Westminster Clock Tower in London has faces barely half as large. Situated in the central campus of Cornell university in Ithaca, New York, the Cornell chimes - a 21-bell chime in the McGraw Tower - first rang at the university's opening ceremony in 1868. Started ticking in 1962 the Allen Bradley clock tower features faces over 40 ft. According to the Saudi Ministry of Religious Endowments, the project, including the five-storey mall, residential towers with two heliports and a conference centre, cost $15 billion. The clock itself is the world's largest clock face and the building is metres from Islam's most sacred site, Masjid al-Haram. Also known as the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel, the clock tower is at the pinnacle of the fourth largest free-standing structure in the world.
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