PORT ANGELES — It’s five o’clock somewhere, including the Clallam County Courthouse.
The iconic courthouse clock in Port Angeles is out of commission for the second time in as many months — stuck at 5:26.
If repairs go as planned, the century-old timekeeper will be up and running again by the end of this week, said Joel Winborn, Clallam County Parks, Fair and Facilities director.
“We’re still having issues with it,” Winborn told commissioners last week.
Winborn on Friday said a damaged bushing, part of the clock’s inner workings, has been shipped back to a manufacturer in Missouri.
“It will be refabricated and shipped back and hopefully will solve our issue,” Winborn said in an email. “I think it will.”
The century-old clock stopped working in April when a bushing failed.
A custom-manufactured replacement part was installed and the hands began to turn in early May.
Winborn said the clock stopped working again May 27.
“We’re ferreting the problem out and we’re going to get it fixed,” Winborn told Clallam County commissioners Tuesday. “Hang in there.”
Winborn said the ongoing saga of the historic clock “seems to be on everybody’s mind lately.”
“It’s nice to know how many people care,” Commissioner Mark Ozias said.
“More care recently; a lot of interested folks,” Winborn said.
The E. Howard Co. Boston Model No. 2 clock was disassembled, cleaned, polished and put back together last June.
James Androuais of Missouri-based Americlock handled the maintenance.
“He works on clocks all over the country,” Winborn told commissioners.
“He was the guy that tore it down for us last year and cleaned it up, so we’re still under warranty for that.”
In a June 2015 interview, Androuais said the clock was in “good shape” and should last for another 100 years if well maintained.
“The bell was cast in 1914,” Winborn said.
“The clock I believe was maybe a year or so prior to that.”
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