Should Hatboro Allow Dismantling of 200-Year-Old Clock?
Hatboro has received state funding to cover the 100 hours required to take apart and diagnose fixes for the clock tower atop borough hall, but fundraising is ongoing to repair, reassemble it.
At a minimum, the 200-year-old clock tower perched above the Hatboro municipal building will require 291 hours of work to clean, repair, restore and replace any parts not in working order. But, to pinpoint with better preciseness exactly what is needed to once again move the hands of time, antique clock restoration expert Keith Winship of Winships’ Pieces of Time said he first must take the historic clock apart, photograph and document each and every piece to determine exactly what parts are needed and exactly how much the labor and materials will cost. “It’s very difficult to say exactly what we’re going to do without taking the clock apart,” Winship told the council on Monday night. “I can’t just look at what’s up there and say, ‘this …
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8:21 am on Monday, October 22, 2012
Inside clocks should be oiled and adjusted every three years. Outside clocks need more maintenance. One year service is a minimum. We would normally service a mechanical clock twice a year at the time change, for daylight savings and standard time. more ›