Posted on Mar 11, 2024
Time marches forward at Portland’s historic Union Station on daylight saving
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Twice a year, Pohlpeter and a small group of volunteers trudge up hundreds of creaky, wooden steps to the top of Union Station’s historic clock tower in Portland, where he manually changes the time on the clock’s nearly 130-year-old mechanism.
Time marches forward at Portland’s historic Union Station on daylight saving
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel The clock tower has been an icon of Portland’s skyline since the building first opened to the public in 1896. Located behind the clock is what Pohlpeter calls the mechanism, which makes the hour and minute hands work.
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