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Clock Tower (built 1897)

The Victoria Memorial Clock Tower, a Georgetown landmark, was erected in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee by the rich Chinese towkay, Cheah Chin Gok. It is 60 feet tall, one foot for every year of her reign.

Bibliography:

All images 2005 Timothy M. Ciccone

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  Lonely Planet Publications Ltd., 2001. Malaysia

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laibva posted on Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:07 am:

it was the coolest tower i have ever seen

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