Mark Cline, a carpenter with Schwiesow Construction, attaches a clock face to the newly remodeled tower along the Aadland Esplanade at Centralia College on Wednesday morning.
Schwiesow Construction workers Mark Cline, left, and Jim Christin attach screws to the back of one of the four new clock faces that they would place on the newly remodeled clock tower at Centralia College on Wednesday.
Schwiesow Construction workers Mark Cline, left, and Jim Christin place one of four clock faces on the new clock tower along the Aadland Esplanade at Centralia College on Wednesday morning.
Construction workers are silhouetted on the top of the Michael Smith Gymnasium at Centralia College on Wednesday morning.
A scissor lift is used by Schwiesow Construction workers Mark Cline, left, and Jim Christin as they place one of four clock faces on the new clocktower along the Aadland Esplanade at Centralia College on Wednesday morning.
Schwiesow Construction workers Mark Cline, left, and Jim Christin place one of four clock faces on the new clocktower along the Aadland Esplanade at Centralia College on Wednesday morning.
Jim Christin, left, and Mark Cline, carpenters with Schwiesow Construction, are silhouetted as they return to the ground on a scissor lift after placing one of four new clock faces on the newly remodeled clock tower at Centralia College on Wednesday morning.
After a two-month delay in receiving the final mechanisms needed for the clock tower at Centralia College, the finishing touches to the new structure were completed on Wednesday.
The iconic clock tower sat mostly finished for a few months. All it was missing was the four clock faces.
Now, the clock tower stands 10 feet taller than its predecessor, at a little over 40 feet.
Originally built in 1991, the clock tower was dismantled in July of this year after safety concerns arose. The wood was rotten due to the heavy amounts of precipitation the area receives.
The new clock tower is steel, and is built to seismic standards.
The modern design fits better with the newer buildings on the college’s campus, Steve Ward, the college’s vice president of finance and administration, previously told The Chronicle.
It will also tie in nicely with the new TransAlta Commons Building currently under construction.
The College Tower Diversity Project, built in 1997, was not altered. The monument features the names of individuals and groups who made significant contributions to the Northwest. It serves as the base of the clock tower.
