The Bridge Clock Tower
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Bridge Clock Tower by Lairich Rig as part of the Geograph project.
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The Bridge Clock Tower
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 25 Aug 2018
The tower is on the Customs Roundabout, from which the picture was also taken. According to an information panel nearby, the Bridge Clock Tower was gifted to the town by Provost David Bayne, who presided over its inauguration on Saturday the 17th of September, 1910. As shown in the picture, there are underpasses here. Despite what appears on the dials, the time of day was the early afternoon. Of the two inscribed panels that can be seen near the base of the tower, the sunlit one bears the Provost's initials and the year 1910: Image The other says "Bridge Clock Tower": Image It is so called because it is near Image The tower was erected at the junction of Union Street and Wallace Street; it is still in more or less the same place, although later changes, such as the creation of the roundabout, required that it be moved slightly. See Image for another contributor's view from a different angle.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.127104
Longitude
-3.937868