Town Hall Clock - Albany, Western Australia
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S 35° 01.421 E 117° 52.992
50H E 580571 N 6123974
The Town Hall clock tower of a south coast town
Waymark Code: WMN1TW
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 12/09/2014
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The Municipality of Albany came into being in 1871. The decision to build the town hall was made in the early 1880s.The Albany Town Hall is designed in a Victorian Free Classical style is a two storied public building with a clocktower, constructed of granite masonry with stucco ornamentation.
The Albany Town Hall was opened by the Mayor William Grills Knight on 1st June 1888, but the town hall clock was not started until 15 April 1891 at 3pm. The clock was made by William Potts of Leeds, England and installed by contractors Jackson & Brodie.Each of the four white dials have a six pointed star in the middle of black roman numerals
In 1981, the Albany Town Council commenced a $1 million project to convert The Town Hall into a theatre, which opened in 1986., however the use of the building for theatrical performances ceased with the opening of the $70 million Entertainment Centre .
Albany is the oldest permanently settled town in Western Australia, more than two years before Perth and Fremantle
Status: Working
Display: Free Standing
Year built: 04/15/1891
Web link to additional info: Not listed
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