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The Hopwood Clock Tower was constructed in 1956 and contains the chimes from the Post Office Tower. The Lakelet was constructed in October 1909 and the jets of water were presented to Palmerston North in December 1966 by Vera Holland in memory of her son Edmund Laurie Holland.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2014N_Sq224_008643
Title
Square Gardens and Clock Tower
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Sq 224
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
The Square, Palmerston North
Date
1966

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
Attribution + NonCommercial

Taxonomy

Tags
1960s,
bank of new zealand,
bench,
black and white,
butterfly lake,
hopwood,
phoenix palms,
photographs,
sound shell,
the square,
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