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Jubilee Clock Tower

Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower
Victoria Clock Tower Penang Dec 2006 001.jpg
Jubilee Clock Tower is located in central George Town, Penang
Jubilee Clock Tower
Location within George Town's UNESCO World Heritage Site (purple)
Coordinates 5°25′9.8214″N 100°20′39.0984″E / 5.419394833°N 100.344194000°E / 5.419394833; 100.344194000Coordinates: 5°25′9.8214″N 100°20′39.0984″E / 5.419394833°N 100.344194000°E / 5.419394833; 100.344194000
Location George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Designer Cheah Chen Eok
Type Jubilee clock tower
Height 97 ft (30 m)
Beginning date 1897
Completion date 1902
Dedicated to

Queen Victoria

Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iii, iv
Designated 2008 (32nd session)
Reference no. 1223
Region Asia-Pacific

Queen Victoria

The Jubilee Clock Tower, in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, is a Moorish-style Jubilee clocktower at the junction of Light Street and Beach Street. Built to commemorate Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee, the tower is sixty feet tall, one foot for each year of Victoria's reign. A corner of the wall surrounding Fort Cornwallis is situated behind the tower.

The clock tower is slightly tilted, a result of bombing during the Second World War.


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