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Colgate Clock
"Preserving an Icon" 1806 – Colgate founded in NYC
1847 – Colgate opens Jersey City plant
1906 – First Colgate sign installed
1908 – 37’ Clock integrated with sign
1924 – 55’ Clock replaces smaller clock
1987 – Plant operations phased out
1989 – Redevelopment Plan adopted
2000 – Waterfront Walkway completed
“Colgate and Jersey City have been good neighbors for over 100 Years”
 1908 - Colgate Clock and Sign
1906 – Colgate Sign built
1908 – Clock added to Sign, taking the form of Colgate’s famous Octagon Soap
1924 – Clock moved to Colgate Plant in Jeffersonville, Indiana, where it still runs today.
Dimensions : 37’ diameter clock face 160’ x 37’ Colgate sign 20’ high letters
2000 - Master Plan Progress
Design Guidlines:
Preserving icons of the Industrial Era Pepsi-Cola Sign, New York
Will be preserved and re-erected as part of the Queens West development project.
CITGO Sign, Boston
Faced demolition in 1979, but in 1983 CITGO reached an agreement with the Landmarks Commission to refurbish the sign and to keep it illuminated.
Clark Bar Sign, Pittsburgh
Mar. 10,2001 city's Historic Review Commission votes in favor of the determination for historic designation, and proposal for replacement sign is rejected.
Colgate Clock - A Famous Landmark
The Colgate Legacy
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