Victoria Jubilee Clock Tower

Designed by Benjamin Mountfort, the tower was made in England and received in 147 packages in December 1860. The clock and tower had several locations before it was eventually erected on the corner of High / Manchester Streets in 1897 to mark the Diamond

Victoria Jubilee Clock Tower

Designed by Benjamin Mountfort, the tower was made in England and received in 147 packages in December 1860. The clock and tower had several locations before it was eventually erected on the corner of High / Manchester Streets in 1897 to mark the Diamond

Victoria Jubilee Clock Tower

Designed by Benjamin Mountfort, the tower was made in England and received in 147 packages in December 1860. The clock and tower had several locations before it was eventually erected on the corner of High / Manchester Streets in 1897 to mark the Diamond

Victoria Jubilee Clock Tower

Designed by Benjamin Mountfort, the tower was made in England and received in 147 packages in December 1860. The clock and tower had several locations before it was eventually erected on the corner of High / Manchester Streets in 1897 to mark the Diamond

Victoria Jubilee Clock Tower

Designed by Benjamin Mountfort, the tower was made in England and received in 147 packages in December 1860. The clock and tower had several locations before it was eventually erected on the corner of High / Manchester Streets in 1897 to mark the Diamond

Victoria Street Christchurch

4 September 2015

View towards Victoria Square

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - Northwest

Source: View in Canterbury Stories

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Victoria Clock Tower

22 August 2010

Victoria Clock Tower at the intersection of Salisbury, Montreal and Victoria streets.

Creator: Greg Dowson

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - Northwest

Source: View in Canterbury Stories

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The Jubilee clock tower in its original site

Circa 1915

The Jubilee clock tower at the corner of Lichfield, High and Manchester Streets,with Strange and Company in the background.

Creator: Muir & Moodie

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - South

Source: Ephemera 60 postcards

Reference ID: CCL-KPCD02-0099

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The Jubilee Clock Tower, Christchurch

Circa 1920

The tower is pictured on the little north triangle between High, Manchester and Lichfield Streets. Designed by Mountfort, it was erected at High/Manchester Streets in 1897 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria's accession..

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - South

Source: The city beautiful : official organ of the Christchurch Beautifying Association, v. 11, no. 1, p. 14

Reference ID: CCL-KPCD08-0020

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The Jubilee clock tower

Circa 1925

Pictured at the corner of Manchester and High Streets, with Ridley's Buildings in the background. Designed by Mountfort, the clock & iron tower which were commissioned by the Provincial Council, were received in 147 packages in December 1860 but were not erected as planned. The iron tower stood for nearly three years in the courtyard of the Provincial Buildings while the clock itself was placed in the stone tower in Armagh Street to become the first 'town clock'. Its face could not be seen but its chimes could be heard on a fine day up to two miles away. It was taken over by the Government on the abolition of the provinces in 1876, presented to the City Council (at the request of the then Mayor, C T Ick) in 1879 and stored in the City Council yard in Worcester Street. It was eventually erected at High/Manchester Streets in 1897 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria's accession - hence the name [Jubilee Clock].

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - South

Source: Archive 334, p. 371

Reference ID: CCL-KPCD14-0019

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