Repairs include servicing all four clock movements, replacing worn components, checking and restoring speaker systems, installing battery backups for uninterrupted operation and upgrading lighting ...

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When local Tina Sauvage saw that the clock could no longer tell time, illuminate or chime, she set out to repair the century-old fixture.

You have to be pretty ambitious to modify a clock to run for 50 years on a single battery. You also should probably be pretty young if you think you’re going to verify your power estimates, a… ...