Time Stands Still This Weekend At Riverfront Park

The clock tower is 109-years-old, 155 feet tall and apparently its bushings need to be fixed.

"We are going to be taking out a couple of bushings that need to be repaired, so we don't have the clock fail," Randolph said.

The plan is to remove the bushings, machine them and put them back in the clock, "'cause you don't get them off the shelf at Napa or any other place," Randolph said.

And without the bushings, the clock can't run, it will be off all weekend.

In order to repair those bushings, workers have to climb up two sets of ladders and three flights of stairs to get to them. Once they make the climb to the top it takes about an hour to remove a handful of 109-year-old brass bushing.

"You can't just go to a parts store and get it. You've got to have someone with machining background and true skill to make them," Randolph said.

"Once the bushings are repaired, i'll wind it again and get it started."

Interestingly enough the chimes and bells in the clock will still ring each hour on the hour over the weekend; their function isn't impacted by the clock itself. And hopefully by Monday the bushings will be replaced, the clock will start again and everyone will know what time it is.

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