
Aloha Tower Clock - Honolulu HI
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PeterNoG
N 21° 18.423 W 157° 51.959
4Q E 617620 N 2356553
This Town Clock was installed in 1926 when the Aloha Tower was built. The historic Aloha Tower on Honolulu Harbor in Downtown Honolulu.
Waymark Code: WMJA2Z
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2013
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~ text from the Aloha Marketplace Website (visit link) ~When the Aloha Tower Clock was installed in 1926, it was by far the biggest clock in the Territory of Hawai‘i, and one of the largest in the United States.
Made with precise German movement by the E. Howard Clock Company of Boston, the seven ton clock is still weight driven, its pendulum keeping rhythmic time. With the exception of brief periods in 1984 when the weight fell and the clock was damaged, and in 1993 when the clock was vandalized, it has kept excellent time over the decades.
The clock on Aloha Tower can be seen from many vantage points in the Aloha Tower Marketplace.