Sather Tower - Berkeley, CA
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ucdvicky
N 37° 52.323 W 122° 15.469
10S E 565275 N 4191878
Iconic clock tower in UC Berkeley's campus.
Waymark Code: WM2X3F
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2008
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"Sather Tower is a campanile (bell and clock tower) on the University of California, Berkeley campus. It is more commonly known as The Campanile (pronounced /kæmp?'ni?le/ "camp-uh-NEE-lee") due to its resemblance to the Campanile de San Marco in Venice, and serves as UC Berkeley's most recognizable symbol. It was completed in 1914 and first opened to the public in 1917. The tower stands 307 feet (93.6 m) tall. It was designed by John Galen Howard, founder of the College of Environmental Design, and it marks a secondary axis in his original Beaux-Arts campus plan. Since then, it has been a major point of orientation in almost every campus master plan. The tower has thirteen floors, with an observation deck on the eighth floor. Some floors are used to store fossils. Wikipedia
Status: Working
Display: Free Standing
Year built: 01/01/1914
Web link to additional info: Not listed
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Photo of clock.