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Description

The lakelet was constructed in The Square, Palmerston North, in 1909 by the Beautifying Society. In 1953 Arthur Hopwood gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a new tower in The Square to hold the clock and chimes removed from the Post Office after the 1942 earthquake. A cross was first erected on the top of the Clock Tower in 1960. Both the lakelet and Clock Tower were last refurbished as part of the 'City Heart' project about 2007.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Research File A175/72/3
Date
circa 1971
Digitisation ID
2007P_A175/72/3_CLO_0511
Held In
Research File

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1970s,
butterfly lake,
clock tower,
clocktower,
lakelet,
the square,
thematic collections,
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