Town Clock - Cranbrook, British Columbia
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N 49° 30.736 W 115° 46.109
11U E 589147 N 5485133
The Cranbrook Old Town Clock is located at 9th Street and Baker Street in downtown Cranbrook.
Waymark Code: WMFZ1T
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 12/20/2012
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It was the commitment and dedication of the Cranbrook Rotary Club that this 1912 replica of the old Cranbrook Post Office Town Clock was made possible.
It has twice been Cranbrook's Town Clock, the first time in 1912 and the second in 1982.
The original Post office and attached clock tower were built in 1912. When the Post Office was demolished some years later, the clock mechanism, thankfully, was saved.
In 1982 the Cranbrook Rotary Club decided that the clock tower should be rebuilt. The mechanism, made in Birmingham, England in 1912, was resurrected and a replica of the old tower became a reality, now the central feature of Rotary Park.
There are three plaques inscribed:
Reconstruction of the 1912
Post Office Clock Tower
Officially Dedicated on
June 18, 1985
For the Citizens of Cranbrook
Project Sponsored by
The Cranbrook Rotary Club
1989
Special Cranbrook Heritage Aware to
The Cranbrook Rotary Club
For Their Contribution to
Cranbrook’s Architectural Heritage
By the Building of the Replica of
The Post Office Clock Tower
Presented by:
The Cranbrook Archives, Museum
and Landmark Foundation
Rotary Square
Officially Dedicated
September 8. 1988
Plaque or monument: Plaque
Placed by?: The Cranbrook Archives, Museum and Landmark Foundation
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