| Taiping Clock Tower Menara Jam Taiping | |
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| Location | Jalan Kota, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia |
| Built | 1891 |
The Taiping Clock Tower (Malay : Menara Jam Taiping) is a clock tower situated in Jalan Kota, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia.
| Taiping Clock Tower Menara Jam Taiping | |
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| Location | Jalan Kota, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia |
| Built | 1891 |
The Taiping Clock Tower (Malay : Menara Jam Taiping) is a clock tower situated in Jalan Kota, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia.
The first clock tower on the site was a wooden construction built in 1881 which was replaced in 1891 by a brick building of which only a small section remains today. Known locally as "the Fort", its primary use was as a police station for the British administration although within a few years of its construction it was also used as the town's fire station. [1] [2] After the Second World War it ceased to be used as a police station and remained unoccupied. After undergoing renovation, it is today used as a visitor information centre. [3]
With neoclassical elements included in the design, above the entrance on the first floor is a decorative portico with a pediment surmounted by a spire which houses the four-faced clock.
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Bukit Larut is a hill resort in Malaysia located in the state of Perak, Malaysia, 10 kilometres southwest from Taiping. It was established under the direction of British colonists in 1884 as a place of observation for tin mining activity and as a retreat for the English people who were based in nearby Larut and Taiping. The area was initially named Maxwell Hill after the British Malaya administrator George Maxwell, and was renamed as Bukit Larut in 1979.
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