Location Old Port of Montreal Completion date 1922 Height 45 m | Beginning date October 31, 1919 Opened 1922 Province Québec | |
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Dedicated to Canadian sailors who died in World War I Address Quai de l'Horloge St, Montreal, QC H2L 5C1, Canada Hours Closed today SaturdayClosedSundayClosedMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hours Similar Bonsecours Market, Old Port of Montreal, Jacques Cartier Bridge, 1501 McGill College, Sir George‑Étienne Cartier N | ||
Montreal clock tower
Montreal Clock Tower (Tour de l'Horloge) is located in Quai de l'Horloge, originally called the Victoria Pier, in the Old Port of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Also called The Sailors' Memorial Clock, the cornerstone was laid by the Prince of Wales, on Oct. 31, 1919, with the 45-metre tower completed two years later as a memorial to the Canadian sailors who died in the First World War. The original plans called for the clockworks to be connected to five bells that would chime every hour, but the carillon was never built. The clock was constructed in Croydon, England by the firm of Gillett & Johnston, and its mechanism is similar to the one that drives Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster.
Visitors can make the 192-step climb to take in the view.