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The entire cost of the tower, which was Rs 2 lakh in 1878, was sponsored by Premchand Roychand, on the condition that it be named after his mother Rajabai.ĭon’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp. Located in the Fort campus of the Mumbai university, the tower was modelled on Big Ben and designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Previously called the Library Tower, the name was later changed to honour Jennie McGraw, who donated the chimes, and her father, trustee John McGraw. Situated in the central campus of Cornell university in Ithaca, New York, the Cornell chimes - a 21-bell chime in the McGraw Tower - first rang at the university's opening ceremony in 1868.

It is also the second most expensive building in the world, having a total construction cost of US15 billion. According to the Saudi Ministry of Religious Endowments, the project, including the five-storey mall, residential towers with two heliports and a conference centre, cost $15 billion. The central hotel tower, the Makkah Clock Royal Tower, contains the world’s largest clock face and is the world’s fifth-tallest freestanding structure and fourth-tallest building. The clock itself is the world's largest clock face and the building is metres from Islam's most sacred site, Masjid al-Haram. Also known as the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel, the clock tower is at the pinnacle of the fourth largest free-standing structure in the world.

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