The clock tower at Albany Station at 4:22 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.
Passengers in the jetliner that left a contrail over Albany Thursday afternoon didn’t care what time it showed on the clock tower far below. But sooner or later you would think someone on the ground would.
Hate to harp on this. But once again Wednesday and Thursday, two of the four clocks were off. They might have been wrong longer, but I checked them on those two days.
On Thursday it was 4:22 p.m. when I checked. Two of the clocks were pretty close to correct — 4:20 and 4:21.
The other two showed 3:05 and 4:30, or thereabouts.
The clock tower, like the rest of Albany Station, is owned by the City of Albany. Every time the clocks go bonkers, which is every few weeks or months, somebody from the city has to go and reset them. That must be annoying, not least to the person who has that task.
The obvious answer — obvious to me anyway — is to replace the clocks with models that reset themselves based on a radio signal.
If that’s not possible or too expensive, then take them out. (hh)
Amen-what a joke the tower is and what did it cost?
Bingo!
Exactly I agree. I’m sure the city spent plenty on the tower. Get it working correctly or take it out!
Can’t/wont fix the streets why bother with the clocks?
It really is a disgrace. Apparently our city council is to focused on building apartments without infrastructure to support them than maintaining what we already have
Carol G. and Richard V. hit the nail on the head(s)…!!
Sorry to disappoint the curmudgeons… “And back to the clocks at Albany Station,” July 5, 2021, Hasso Hering, https://hh-today.com/and-back-to-the-clocks-at-albany-station/
“The clock tower was added when the historic Southern Pacific depot was restored and renovated in 2006. The clocks were a gift from the Greater Albany Rotary Club and cost $40,000.” My guess is the city workers have spent an inordinate amount maintaining this gift from the community though.
If they can’t be readily and affordably addressed, just set them all to a particular time and then turn the motors off. The tower is still pretty!!!