Clock Tower - Waterbury, CT
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N 41° 33.319 W 073° 02.800
18T E 662895 N 4602247
Clock tower part of Waterbury train station
Waymark Code: WM75W3
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2009
Views: 6
Constructed by the world famous architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White of N.Y. for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, the Union Station on Meadow Street was modeled after the Torre del Mangia at the Palazzo Publico in Siena, Italy.
It cost $332,000 to build in 1909. The clocktower is 240 feet (73 m) high and has 318 steps. The clock was made by Seth Thomas Co. with a dial 16 feet (4.9 m) in diameter with 5-foot (1.5 m) tall Roman numerals. The eight she-wolf gargoyles are a reminder of the myth of Romulus and Remus. The tower opened July 12, 1909. Union Station is now the home of the Waterbury Republican-American newspaper, which serves over 120,000 subscribers in the Greater Waterbury area, and the city's Metro-North railroad station is on a platform next to the building.
Status: Working
Display: Mounted
Year built: Not listed
Web link to additional info: Not listed
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