The top of the tower can be reached by a wooden staircase located within. Built out of red bricks and granite, the Clock Tower peaks at 44 m (144 ft), and is topped by a 7-metre (23 ft) lightning rod. It is the only remnant of the original site of the former Kowloon Station on the Kowloon-Canton Railway. It is located on the southern shore of Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. The Clock Tower is a landmark in Hong Kong. The clock is placed at the center of the eight markets that from a bird's-eye view look like the Union Jack flag of the United Kingdom. It is located in the older part of the city. The locals refer to it as "Ghanta Ghar" in Urdu which translates into Hour House in English. The majestic Clock Tower of Faisalabad was constructed out of the funds raised by the local Zamindars. It was built by the British, when they ruled much of the South Asia during the nineteenth century. The Faisalabad Clock Tower is a clock tower in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, and is one of the oldest monuments still standing in its original state from the period of the British Raj. The complex's hotel tower became the second tallest building in the world in 2011, surpassed only by Dubai's Burj Khalifa. The complex holds several world records, such as the tallest hotel in the world, the tallest clock tower in the world, the world's largest clock face, and the world's largest building floor area. The Abraj Al-Bait Towers, also known as the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower, is a building complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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