When the clock was donated to the museum, the circuitry for lighting it at night was largely missing, except for one porcelain socket. It was decided to restore this system as well. Richard Swainston, building manager, arranged to have a new concrete pad poured for the clock in front of the museum, one wired for electric power. Steve Sanfilippo located porcelain sockets identical to the surviving one, and I installed and wired them in place. Now the two dials are night lighted with the warm glow of six 25 watt bulbs.
Illumination is controlled by a timer.
Members of the exhibition and graphics section produced two excellent replacement clock dials closely resembling the long- lost originals. After studying photographs, Earl A. Martyn, a retired artist and museum volunteer, did the actual layout of the numerals and minute markings. Rick Regazzi then silkscreened the design onto blank dials to milk-colored acrylic plastic. Marv Rosenau cut the two lenses which would protect the wooded bezels to hold them. In November we made final plans for the installation of the clock.