Chennai Corporation - Rippon Building

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Added On : Oct 27, 2012

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The building is rectangular and is 85 meters long and 32 metres wide with a 43 metre central tower containing a clock 2.5 metres in diameter. The first of its three floors has approximately 2,800 square metres of space. The walls were constructed with stock bricks, set and plastered with lime mortar and the roof is supported with teak wood joists. The original flooring of the ground floor was Cuddapah Slate that has been replaced with marble. One of the main attractions of the building is the Westminster Quarter chiming clock. This was installed by Oakes and Co. in 1913. The clock has a mechanical key system, which is wound every day. There are four bells, which were cast by Gillet and Johnston in 1913.