{"product_id":"south-africa-western-cape-clock-tower-waterfront","title":"Clock Tower Waterfront","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Clock Tower is a Victorian Gothic building at the Victoria \u0026amp; Alfred Waterfront, originally the Port Captain's Office when it was built in 1882. Its red walls were carefully matched to scrapings of the original paint, so the color is the same as it was in the 1800s. The clock itself was imported from Edinburgh and remains a central feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the second floor, a mirror room once allowed the port captain to monitor harbor activity. Below, a tidal gauge mechanism tracked water levels for ships entering or leaving the docks. The tower has developed a slight lean—about fifty millimeters—though this has since been stabilized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt stands as part of the waterfront's renewal, a working relic of Cape Town's maritime past. The pointed Gothic windows frame the harbor view, unchanged in over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Africa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51932502130908,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/8256\/8156\/files\/clock-tower-waterfront-historical-landmark-victoria-alfred-waterfront-cape-town-south-africa-01.webp?v=1783205288","url":"https:\/\/murmurgo.com\/products\/south-africa-western-cape-clock-tower-waterfront","provider":"Murmurgo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}