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Arthur Hopwood, of Hopwood Hardward Co. Ltd, gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a new clock tower to house the clock and chimes removed from the Post Office after the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake. it was sited near the middle of The Square and completed in 1957.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Pg 117
Date
July 21, 1955
Digitisation ID
2007P_Pg117_CLO_0506
Held In
Coolstore

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Created By
Place
Palmerston North

Object rights

License
Attribution + NonCommercial

Taxonomy

Tags
clock tower,
clocktower,
thematic collections,
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Letter from Commercial Hotel regarding when to silence the Palmerston North Clock Tower chimes
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