The World’s Largest Clocks (Possibly)
Tuesday, 20th February 2007 by James Turnbull
The 2nd largest clock in the world is supposedly the Colgate clock, atop the Colgate-Palmolive factory in Indiana. The clock was built way back in 1906 when it originally sat on Colgate's New Jersey facility, before being moved here in 1924.
The 1st largest clock in the world is also the Colgate clock. This one replaced the above clock at the now defunct New Jersey offices, but after Colgate left the area in the 1980s it sits alone on the waterfront.
The claims of "largest in the world" for each is disputable, and both clocks are facing an uncertain future as developers move into each area.
The similarities don't end there - after the Indiana clock starred in the 1999 film The Insider, the New Jersey clock starred in the 2006 flick Inside Man. Spooky.
Thanks: Ironguts & James
Wikipedia: Indiana Clock & New Jersey Clock
There is another structure that claims to be the worlds largest clock – albeit decimal: the Rheinturm in Düsseldorf, Germany. Wikipedia has this to say about it.
Its about time!
are the red roofed buildings to the south west part of the same facility? also, what is the deal with what appears to be a really long wall on the south side of the compound? i think it passes (to the east) below the highway as well. any ideas?
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!).
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
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.
Am I the only one who saw the road to nowhere out there in the middle of the ocean?
Nifty!
The largest 4-faced clock in the world is in Milwaukee. Unfortunately it doesn’t look too great from space: View Placemark
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
I wonder where the longest strip of Neon is located.
how many feet is the largest clock?
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.
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
largest or smallest time doesnt stop for anybody