Comments on: The World’s Largest Clocks (Possibly)

By: Shadman Namazi

Shadman Namazi — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:44:24 +0000

HI Cindy, I am a towerclock maker in Bangalore, India.I outsource locally and have them in installed. The largest one made was in 2005 for a resort in Bangalore a G P S Clock measuring 18 ft in dia., IF you send your address I shall send you photographs of the same. I am trying to get an order here in INDIA for the largest clock in the world but I should first know what is the size of the dial – face Size so that I could beat that size. Can you help? Regarding the four faced clock in MILWAUKEE can you tell me what the size of the dial is, or, what is the size of the dial – face of the largest clock in the world. THANKS ALOT shadman

By: suman

suman — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:46:18 +0000

largest or smallest time doesnt stop for anybody

By: cindy

cindy — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:03:33 +0000

re: the largest 4-sided clock: I grew up in Milwaukee; the clock is located in a tower on the Allen-Bradley machine plant on the south side of town. local lore says there was controversy at the time it was built, since the chimes they wanted would have displaced London’s Big Ben as the world’s biggest chiming clock. (so they left the chimes out.) also, back in the less PC decades after the clock was built, it was referred to as the “Polish moon” due to the neighborhood’s high number of Polish immigrants and the fact that it lights up at night.

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:16:20 +0000

how many feet is the largest clock?

By: Kyle Korleski

Kyle Korleski — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:21:14 +0000

I wonder where the longest strip of Neon is located.

By: alba

alba — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:39:06 +0000

The largest 4-faced clock in the world is in Milwaukee. Unfortunately it doesn’t look too great from space: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

The Live Maps view is much more impressive: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=r52r367p6jyb&style=o&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=5432625

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:45:47 +0000

Am I the only one who saw the road to nowhere out there in the middle of the ocean?

Nifty!

By: mike.

mike. — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:32:23 +0000

Amazing. I live and work near the boardwalk facing Jersey City, and many’s the night I’ve sat staring at the thing from a bench directly across the Hudson, and never knew that it had any sort of significance, or claim to world’s blankiest-blank. Fun fact – even though Colgate is long gone, the clock still runs (at least it did last time I took a look), still lights up (bright red) at night, and still has a huge Colgate logo on it.

By: James

James — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:50:37 +0000

The wall mike referred to is the Ohio River floodwall. If you follow it to the east and west, you can see where it turns into an earthen levee. You can also find a similar wall across the river in Louisville, KY. Check out the area east of I-65 and south of I-64, where the wall in some places runs right down the centerline of streets, leaving houses and buildings on one side in the floodplain, while protecting their neighbors across the street. Scroll down this page for some ground-level shots of the floodwall http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=412265

By: cookie monster

cookie monster — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:26:16 +0000

This is the clock you could clearly see from the top of the World trade centre wasnt it?
Its a fantastic landmark and must have been one of the first things generations of immigrants saw aswell.
I only found out William Colgate was English recently aswell.
Fascinating (in a way!).