The Victoria Memorial Clocktower at King Edward
Place, Penang, was built by local Penang millionaire Cheah Chen Eok in
1897 to commemorate the sixtieth year of the Queen's reign. The tower
was sixty feet tall, with each foot for each year of the Queen's reign.
Unfortunately, she never visited Penang, nor did she ever live long
enough to see her clocktower completed. By the time it was completed in
1902, the Queen had died.
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