ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) — The clock at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois is being repaired.
The Dispatch-Argus reports that the Army Corps of Engineers’ logistics office is working on the project. The clock tower building serves as the headquarters for the Corps’ Rock Island District.
Free tours are offered at the two-story room that houses the 1867 clock. Its walls are covered with messages written since 2000, including a marriage proposal. According to a display, the tower also includes a more than 3,500-pound (1,587-kilogram) bell outside on the roof.
Residents would complain that the bell was too loud, and it was disconnected. It was reconnected in 1945 at its lowest possible noise level.
The limestone clock tower has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1988.
