Meet Me At The Clocktower Virtual Cache
Hidden : 6/22/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: virtual (virtual)

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Geocache Description:


When the Clocktower was originally constructed, it started as part of the Great Northern Railroad depot. Following the Great Fire of 1889, Spokane experienced a building boom that created much of the downtown landscape that exists today. The depot built on Havermale Island in the Spokane River cost $150,000, and was completed in 1902. It was made with pressed brick and trimmed with native sandstone. The four clock faces are 9 feet across on each side, and the 8 foot pendulum and weight which powers it weighs 500 pounds.


Railroads were one of the driving forces of commerce in Spokane, causing the city to become a transportation hub for the Inland Northwest, as well as an important shipping center. At the time of its initial construction, the Clocktower’s South wall was a part of the exterior wall of the depot, with the North, East, and West walls in the inside of the building. A reminder of the tower’s history can even be seen on the East and West walls, as there are visible sloping lines on the exterior where the roof of the depot was originally located.


Over the following decades, the railroad became a decreasingly important part of the transportation landscape in the United States, and Spokane was no exception. In the years leading up to Expo ’74, the Great Northern Railroad Depot was torn down, but thankfully the Clocktower was left intact, and continues to stand as a reminder of Spokane’s railroad past. In fact, a brass plaque on its side reads that the Clocktower “stands as a monument to the railroad industry and its role in the development of Spokane and the Pacific Northwest.” With the tower’s involvement in Expo ’74, the 155 foot structure has been a fixture in Spokane’s transition from the rail age to what you find today.




****To log this virtual cache please take a photo of yourself, a personal item and/or your group at the clock tower, face(s) not required but appreciated, and post it with your log.***
A PICTURE OF JUST THE CLOCK TOWER WITHOUT PROOF OF YOUR PRESENCE WILL BE DELETED, AS MANY HAVE SUBMITTED WHAT ARE GOOGLE-ABLE PICTURES CLAIMING THEY WERE THERE.

***Failure to post your picture within 24 hours of logging a find will result in log deletion.***

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