Louisville Clock
The Louisville Clock (often called the Derby Clock) was a 40-foot (12 m) clock. It used to be on Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky.[2] It was made to look like a wind-up toy. It used themes of Kentucky culture, especially the Kentucky Derby. 8 columns support a 5-lane race track. Every day at noon, a bugle announces the race of 5 famous people: George Rogers Clark, Daniel Boone, Thomas Jefferson, King Louis XVI of France, and the Belle of Louisville.[1][3] There are also many sculptures of famous people from Louisville in a gazebo: Mary Anderson, D.W. Griffith, Zachary Taylor, Henry Watterson, and the trumpeter Oliver Cooke. In 2015, it was destroyed and was stored.[4]
| Louisville Clock
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| Architect: | Barney Bright[1] |
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| Dedicated: | December 3, 1976 |
| Dedicated by: | Wilson W. Wyatt |
| Dedicated at: | River City Mall (later the Louisville Galleria and then Fourth Street Live!) |
| Location: | Theatre Square |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisville Clock to be rededicated. 2012-08-19. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120819/NEWS01/308190040/Louisville-Clock-rededicated. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ↑ The Encyclopedia of Louisville By John E. Kleber (University Press of Kentucky) page 540 ISBN 0-8131-2100-0
- ↑ About-face on outlook for clock is overdue[dead link] Bob Hill Courier Journal Saturday, March 13, 2004
- ↑ "The Louisville Clock runs out of time". WAVE 3. July 10, 2015.