gadang clock who does not know, this hour is the symbol of the city of london, and this hour also became the symbol of the high hill town, but there are some interesting facts about the clock gadang.
• Clock Gadang was built in 1926 by architect Yazin and Sutan Gigi Ameh. The first stone laying of this clock was done by the first son of Rook Maker who was then still 6 years old. This hour is a gift from the Dutch Queen to Controleur
• Clock Tower has a basic floor plan of 13 x 4 meters. The interior of the 26-meter-high clock tower consists of several levels, with the top level is the storage of pendulum. pendulum had broken until it must be replaced by the earthquake in 2007.
• At the bells are listed the watchmaker Vortmann Relinghausen. Vortman is the last name of the watchmaker, Benhard Vortmann, while Recklinghausen is the name of a town in Germany where the clock machine was manufactured in 1892.
• Clock Tower built without using iron peyangga and without mortar. The mixture is only lime, egg white, and white sand.
• The numbers in this hour also have their own uniqueness in the hours of gadang. The number four on roman numerals is usually written with IV but in Jam Gadang it is written with llll
• Clock Tower Development cost about 3,000 Guilders, a very fantastic cost for that time. Since in the tower's resmika, this clock tower has been the center of everyone's attention. It is also important that Jam Gadang then serve as a marker or landmarks and also a zero point in the City of Bukittinggi
• Since its establishment, the clock tower has undergone three repairs on its roof. The beginning was established during the reign of the Dutch East Indies.
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