<p>The <b>Town Clock</b>, also sometimes called the <b>Old Town Clock</b> or <b>Citadel Clock Tower</b>, is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the historic <a href="/pages/w/105781446123209">urban core</a> of <a href="/pages/w/216696301801951">Halifax</a>, <a href="/pages/w/105576699476245">Nova Scotia</a>..</p><p>The idea of a clock for the <a href="/pages/w/112327135445246">British Army</a> and <a href="/pages/w/107226055973863">Royal Navy</a> garrison at Halifax is credited to <a href="/pages/w/137470486274784">Prince Edward, Duke of Kent</a>, who arranged for a turret clock to be manufactured before his return to England in 1800. It is said that Prince Edward, then <a href="/pages/w/112971592051231">commander-in-chief</a> of all military forces in <a href="/pages/w/128829317159475">British North America</a>, wished to resolve the tardiness of the local garrison.</p><p>The clock tower is a three-tiered (three storey), irregular octagon tower built atop a one storey white clapboard building of classic <a href="/pages/w/114127465264519">Palladian</a> proportions. It was erected on the east slope of <a href="/pages/w/111244215571215">Citadel Hill</a> facing Barrack (now Brunswick) Street. The clock face is 4-sided displaying Roman numerals. As with most clocks the "4" is shown as IIII for aesthetic symmetry and not as IV.</p><p>The clock mechanism was constructed by the "House of <a href="/pages/w/227612743938929">Vulliamy</a>", respected Royal Clockmakers based in London. It is driven by three weights, gears, and a 13-foot pendulum with the mechanism being housed in a <a href="/pages/w/108249202537009">cast iron</a> frame located in the "clock room", immediately below the <a href="/pages/w/105999096098874">belfry</a>. Its bell strikes hourly and quarterly and the durability of the mechanism (which dates to the original installation) is attributed to its slow movement.</p>