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The 29-metre-high (95 ft) tower was the tallest structure in Colombo at that time. [3] The original clock was commissioned for £1,200 in 1814 by the then Governor Sir Robert Brownrigg (1759 – 1833) but was kept in a warehouse, due to economic reasons, until 1857 when it was finally installed.
The Clock Tower was built in the early 20th century by the family of Framjee Bhikhajee Khan. This Parsi family hailed from Bombay, India and also owned the famous Colombo Oil Mills as well as other business interests in Ceylon, as Sri Lanka was then called. The clock tower also provided a working water fountain, but this no longer functions.
Koch Memorial Clock Tower (Sinhala: කොලඹ වෛද්ය පීඨ ඔරලෝසු කනුව), is located on Kynsey Road, Colombo next to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo. It was built in 1881 in memory of Dr. E. L. Koch (1838–1877), the second principal of the Colombo Medical School.
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The Clock Tower was designed by Shirley de Alwis, one of Sri Lanka's leading architects at the time. [2] [5] De Alwis was the local resident architect [6] working with Sir Patrick Abercrombie on the design of the University of Peradeniya campus. The clock tower's design is influenced by the Kandyan style and incorporates elements of the Temple ...
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The tower was designed by government architect James Smither. [2] The clock was donated by Governor James Longden. [9] [10] The clock bell is dated 1882. [10] The tower was badly damaged in the late 1980s by the civil war. [4] When Charles, Prince of Wales visited Sri Lanka in 1998 he offered British assistance in restoring the tower. [4]
The Colombo lighthouse at Colombo Harbour. The current 29-metre-high (95 ft) lighthouse was built in 1952 after the Old Colombo Lighthouse was deactivated when its light became obscured by nearby buildings as part of the Colombo Harbor Expansion project. It was opened by Rt Hon D. S. Senanayake, the first prime minister of Ceylon. Built on a ...