Telling time again in Rockport with a new town clock
The clock, at night, July 23. (Photo courtesy Charles Frattini)
The new town clock is positioned into place at the Rockport Public Library in Rockport Village, July 23. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Library construction project manager Charlie Frattini and Phi Builders and Architect contractor Jason Ulmer. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
The new clock mounted on the new library.
The view the clock has over Rockport Village and Rockport Harbor. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Looking down on the construction site. (Photo courtesy Justin Smith)
Architects Stephen Smith and Justin Smith, at the Rockport Public Library work site. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
A longer view from the clock’s vantage point. (Photo courtesy Justin Smith)
The clock station, prior to its installation. (Photo courtesy Joseph Robles, Phi Builders and Architects)
(Photo courtesy Joseph Robles, Phi Builders and Architects)
(Photo courtesy Joseph Robles, Phi Builders and Architects)
(Photo courtesy Joseph Robles, Phi Builders and Architects)
(Photo courtesy Joseph Robles, Phi Builders and Architects)
(Photo courtesy Joseph Robles, Phi Builders and Architects)
Inside the new library, as construction continues. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
(Photo by Lynda Clancy)
The Marine Room, in the new library. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
A soaring wood paneled ceiling in the nonfiction section. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
The main space. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
(Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Rockport Village, from the clock’s perspective. With all the electrical poles and wires, some of which, but not all, are due for burying underground.
The clock handles.
Before it is unpacked, the clock sits at the site in its shipping container.
The clock, at night, July 23. (Photo courtesy Charles Frattini)
The new town clock is positioned into place at the Rockport Public Library in Rockport Village, July 23. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Library construction project manager Charlie Frattini and Phi Builders and Architect contractor Jason Ulmer. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
The new clock mounted on the new library.
The view the clock has over Rockport Village and Rockport Harbor. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Looking down on the construction site. (Photo courtesy Justin Smith)
Architects Stephen Smith and Justin Smith, at the Rockport Public Library work site. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
A longer view from the clock’s vantage point. (Photo courtesy Justin Smith)
The clock station, prior to its installation. (Photo courtesy Joseph Robles, Phi Builders and Architects)
(Photo courtesy Joseph Robles, Phi Builders and Architects)
(Photo courtesy Joseph Robles, Phi Builders and Architects)
(Photo courtesy Joseph Robles, Phi Builders and Architects)
(Photo courtesy Joseph Robles, Phi Builders and Architects)
(Photo courtesy Joseph Robles, Phi Builders and Architects)
Inside the new library, as construction continues. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
(Photo by Lynda Clancy)
The Marine Room, in the new library. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
A soaring wood paneled ceiling in the nonfiction section. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
The main space. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
(Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Rockport Village, from the clock’s perspective. With all the electrical poles and wires, some of which, but not all, are due for burying underground.
The clock handles.
Before it is unpacked, the clock sits at the site in its shipping container.
ROCKPORT — If all goes as planned this evening, July 23, Rockport Village will again have a large clock atop a public building. Earlier in the day, contractors unpacked a new tower clock that had been shipped from Ohio, and mounted it into place in the new Rockport Public Library.
It was a major milestone for project manager Charlie Frattini, of Phi Builders and Architects, and architects Steve and Justin Smith, of Stephen Smith Architects, who were all at the construction site Thursday morning.
Its installation represents a step toward the completion of a $3.5 million building project that has occupied the public’s attention for more than six years.
There was no ceremony, and around the site, carpenters and painters and new elevator installers, as well as landscapers working in the park across Limerock Street, continued toward meeting their own construction deadlines. Nonetheless, the moment was heralded, as the clock, which is to be illuminated with 168 LED bulbs, was positioned into its circular slot.
According to Frattini, the clock will be illuminated this evening, and into the night, with a “warm glow,” said Justin Smith.
Verdin Clock, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in business since 1842, manufactured the clock and shipped it to Rockport.
The company is one of the oldest family-owned manufacturers in the U.S., with six generations and 175 years of experience under their belt.
Rockport’s new tower clock is made of plastic and metal, to, as the company said, “withstand extreme weather conditions.” The clock is waterproof and windproof.
The Village used to have a public clock atop the old Rockport High School (now condominiums) on Franklin Street, high above Rockport Harbor. It was decommissioned decades ago, and the new library clock will now stand in its stead for all wondering what the time might be.
Reach Editorial Director Lynda Clancy at lyndaclancy@penbaypilot.com; 207-706-6657
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