Editing Clock tower (section)

==Records==
[[File:Birmingham MMB 31 University of Birmingham.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|[[Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower|Old Joe]] in Birmingham, England – the tallest freestanding clock tower in the world]]
The tallest freestanding clock tower in the world is the [[Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower]] (Old Joe) at the [[University of Birmingham]] in [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=156|title=Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower|publisher=Skyscraper News|access-date=15 April 2014|archive-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701165056/http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=156|url-status=dead}}</ref> The tower stands at {{convert|100|m|ft|abbr=off}} tall and was completed in 1908. The clock tower of [[Philadelphia City Hall]] was part of the tallest building in the world from 1894,<ref name=nps>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/b7e04e22-561d-42a0-95da-9cea7148d3a9/ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form"]. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114739/https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/b7e04e22-561d-42a0-95da-9cea7148d3a9/ archive]) National Park Service. page 10. Retrieved November 9, 2017. "The statue was … hoisted to the top of the tower in fourteen sections in 1894."</ref> when the tower was [[topped out]] and the building partially occupied,<ref name=occupy1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100220000022/http://www.ajaxelectric.com/cityhall/history5.htm ""History of City Hall: 1886-1890"]. (archive) Retrieved November 9, 2017. "1889: Mayor Fitler moves into completed offices on west side."</ref><ref name=occupy2>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100220000029/http://www.ajaxelectric.com/cityhall/history6.htm "History of City Hall: 1891-1901"]. (archive) Retrieved November 9, 2017. "1891: State Supreme Court opens in permanent courtroom."</ref> until 1908.

Taller buildings have had clock faces added to their existing structure such as the [[Palace of Culture and Science]] in [[Warsaw]], with a clock added in 2000. The building has a roof height of {{convert|187.68|m|abbr=on}}, and an antenna height of {{convert|237|m|abbr=on}}. The [[NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building]] in [[Tokyo]], with a clock added in 2002, has a roof height of {{convert|240|m|ft|abbr=on}}, and an antenna height of {{convert|272|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

The [[Abraj Al Bait]], a hotel complex in [[Mecca]] constructed in 2012, has the largest and highest clock face on a building in the world, with its Makkah Royal Clock Tower having an occupied height of {{convert|494.4|m|ft|abbr=on}}, and a tip height of {{convert|601|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/makkah-royal-clock-tower/84 "Makkah Royal Clock Tower "]. ''skyscrapercenter.com''. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved May 20, 2018.</ref> The tower has four clock faces, two of which are {{convert|43|m|ft|abbr=on}} in diameter, at about {{convert|400|m|ft|abbr=on}} high.<ref>[http://www.pct.ae/composite_projects.php?project=1 "Dokaae Tower Clock And Crescent"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304173908/http://www.pct.ae/composite_projects.php?project=1 |date=2012-03-04 }}. ''pct.ae''. Premier Composite Technologies. Retrieved May 21, 2018.</ref>