JAM GADANG
Jam
Gadang is a clock tower which is a
landmark of Bukittinggi and West Sumatra province in Indonesia. The symbol is
also typical of West Sumatra has a story and is unique because of the decades
old. Jam Gadang name given by the Minangkabau to the clock tower building,
because it has a clock tower that “large sieve".Machine Jam Gadang is
believed there are only two in the world. The twins of course that is currently
installed at the Big Ben, England. Machine manually working the upstream, Forman
(a famous nobleman) Brixlion named.
Jam Gadang
built in 1926 by architect Yazid Sutan Gigi Ameh. Laying of the first hour is
done first son Rook Maker that moment still 6 years old. At the time the Dutch
round the clock and on it stands a rooster statue, whereas in the Japanese
occupation, shaped pagoda. At the time of independence, changing its shape
longer a custom home ornaments Minangkabau.
Diameter
size of this clock is 80 cm, with a basic plan of 13x4 meters while the height
of 26 meters. Construction of the Clock Tower which is said to have a total
cost of construction of 3,000 Gulden's, eventually became landmarks or the
emblem of the city of Bukittinggi.
