Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast
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Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 9 Aug 2016
Situated in Queen's Square, at the east end of High Street, this clock tower was built as a memorial to Queen Victoria's Consort, Prince Albert and was completed in 1869. It is 113 feet high and is in a mix of French and Italian Gothic styles. The base of the tower features flying buttresses with heraldic lions. Above them can be seen a statue of the Prince in the robes of a Knight of the Garter. A two tonne bell is housed in the tower. Because the tower was built on wooden piles on marshy reclaimed land, the top of the tower leaned four feet off the perpendicular.Due to this movement, some remedial work took place in 1924.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.601437
Longitude
-5.923828