PORT ANGELES — The four-faced clock tower at the Gateway International Transportation Center is expected to chime for the first time today — perhaps at about 1 p.m.
Installation of the four clock faces, which are 48 inches across and cost about $40,000, began on Wednesday, and is expected to be completed today.
The clock chimes at the corner of Lincoln and Front street in downtown Port Angeles could be given a test run if they are operational by 1 p.m., said Roland Ordona, site superintendent for Primo Construction of Carlsborg, which is building the center.
The chimes will sound like real bells, and the clocks will be able to produce music, said Roger Hoskinds, a field service technician contracted to install the clocks by their manufacturer, Verdin Company of Cincinnati, Ohio.
A representative of the Verdin Company will demonstrate how to program the clocks’ chimes and music over its loudspeakers, Ordona said.
