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Date Posted: 08:06:05 11/18/10 Thu
Author: Kevin J. Brewer
Subject: Re: Tech History (1937) -- Randall K. Wilson '70, 07:47:55 02/06/08 Wed
In reply to: Kevin J. Brewer 's message, "Re: Tech History (1937) -- Randall K. Wilson '70, 07:47:55 02/06/08 Wed" on 07:23:38 11/18/10 Thu

Also on the http://www.clocks.org/illinois/rock_island_clock_tower_brochure.html page is "The tower was built last, during the summer and fall of 1867. It rose 117 feet - 20 feet higher than the plans called for. Hoisting apparatus extended through the first five floors, with access for horse and wagon through arches at the ground level.

0n the sixth floor General Rodman installed the clock that has become the symbol of the building. Its four 12-foot faces are twice the size called for on the plans. Original Ordnance plans called for a more modest clock with six-foot faces chiseled into the stone surfaces of the tower.".

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