Chronicle Clock Tower

Chronicle clock back in operation

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The march of time began again at Fifth and Mission streets in San Francisco when the landmark clock on The Chronicle building resumed operation at 10:35 Tuesday morning. The old clock, which had kept time for 85 years, stopped in April, a victim of old age and stripped gears. The clock, which is operated by a small electric motor, had begun to wear out at the beginning of the year. It started losing time, and finally, at 6 o'clock on a morning in the first week of April, it stopped altogether. The repairs took longer than expected - four months - because most of the clockwork mechanism, including the gears, had to be manufactured.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/11/BAK61ES3KB.DTL