Date Set For End to Tarrant County Clock Tune Up
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The 285-foot-tall Tarrant County clock tower is undergoing a major renovation.
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April 20 is the date set for completion of the historic 1895 Tarrant County Courthouse clock tower’s makeover.
The clock tower is little more than a skeletal, steel shell as construction crews restore the deteriorating top part of the tower.
“The drip from a dozen decades of rain, hail and ice had slowly eaten away at the tower's masonry, windows, flooring and steel framework, necessitating a makeover,” said county facilities manager David Phillips to the Star Telegram.
The project was originally pegged at $5 million but is expected to come in $500,000, according to Phillips.
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