Merewether Clock Tower

E628962

Victorian Gothic structure clock tower historical monument

Merewether Clock Tower is a historic Victorian-Gothic clock tower and prominent colonial-era landmark located in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Label	Occurrences
Merewether Clock Tower canonical	1
Merewether Tower vicinity	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Victorian Gothic structure ⓘ clock tower ⓘ historical monument ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Victorian Gothic ⓘ
builtDuring	British colonial period ⓘ
category	Clock towers in Pakistan ⓘ Heritage sites in Karachi ⓘ Towers in Karachi ⓘ
completionDate	1886 ⓘ
constructionStart	1884 ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
era	British Raj NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	city landmark ⓘ public clock ⓘ
hasArchitecturalType	freestanding tower ⓘ
hasCondition	subject to urban pollution ⓘ weathered stone ⓘ
hasFeature	battlements ⓘ bell ⓘ commemorative plaques ⓘ four clock faces ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ pinnacles ⓘ pointed arches ⓘ turrets ⓘ
hasPlan	square plan ⓘ
height	about 102 feet ⓘ approximately 31 metres ⓘ
heritage	colonial-era landmark ⓘ
honours	Commissioner of Sindh ⓘ
inception	1886 ⓘ
locatedIn	Karachi NERFINISHED ⓘ Saddar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sindh NERFINISHED ⓘ central Karachi ⓘ
materialUsed	Gizri sandstone ⓘ yellow sandstone ⓘ
namedAfter	Sir William L. Merewether NERFINISHED ⓘ William Lockyer Merewether NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	I. I. Chundrigar Road NERFINISHED ⓘ Karachi Port area NERFINISHED ⓘ M. A. Jinnah Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	Victorian Gothic detailing ⓘ historic significance in Karachi ⓘ
significance	prominent landmark of Karachi ⓘ symbol of colonial Karachi ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	commemoration of Sir William Merewether ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ

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M.A. Jinnah Road → hasLandmark → Merewether Clock Tower ⓘ

Saddar Town → contains → Merewether Clock Tower ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merewether Tower vicinity