Seattlest: About Time! King Street Station Clocks Repaired

pMM

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:42:41 -0800

Actual neon gas only turns one color. Red. So if the original plans indicated a neon back lit clock, it would have been red. All the other colors you see in "neon lights" these days aren't actually made with neon, and were invented way after King Street Station was built. I'm psyched, I can't wait until their done... it's a cool building in a sea of ugly Paul Allen let's-make-seattle-as-ugly-as-redmond buildings. Vulcan should be run out of town, but that's a different story!

TroyJMorris

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:49:26 -0800

Can we re-write history?

Simonian

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:20:27 -0800

I read a story about a building in Paris where a large civic clock had been broken for years. Decades, like. A group of, I kid you not, rogue clockmakers picked the lock of the tower and working in secret and at night over the course of five years fixed the thing. Didn't charge anyone anything and managed to make everyone in authority look like lazy idiots. It's a much better story than a $23,000 grant, anyway.

bilco

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:39:19 -0800

So now, presumably, the trains will be on time...

jessejb

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:12:53 -0800

I guess it used to be backed with neon light. Theyre currently asking people to find out the original color of the neon bulbs since its not documented anywhere what color they were.

Matt G1

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:42:46 -0800

You got me Kamala. This site tells me it stopped working in the '90's. You can trust this number, because it's on the Internet.

Katelyn

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:31:29 -0800

Kamala... lol. Now I have to watch that again, asap.

Tom

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:43:14 -0800

Kamala, Haha... I'll make sure to keep my eye out for tricked out DeLoreans next month.

TroyJMorris

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:09:08 -0800

Wow. That's a good, damn long time. I remember in H.S. when I'd take the train and I would look at all the advertising and papers on the restoration.... that was 8 years ago.... I'm still reading them.

Kamala

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:48:55 -0800

The clock stopped at 10:04 p.m. on November 12, 1955.