The Echo centenary clock has stood on Cardiff's Queen Street since 1984 - but where has the clock gone?
Cardiff residents may have noticed that the clock is absent from its usual place on Queen Street, with its post standing empty.
The free-standing cast iron clock was placed on Queen Street in 1984 as part of the 100th birthday celebrations of the South Wales Echo.
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It was temporarily removed when the area was re-paved, and the opportunity was taken to overhaul it and return it to full working order.
The clock is now absent from the area once more, with electrical works expected to take place on the clock next month.
In June last year, expert clockmakers were called in to fix the stopped clocks in Cardiff city centre, with the Echo Centenary Clock being among them.
The clock, along with the Monkey Clock in St Mary Street, and two clocks outside Cardiff Market, stopped last year.
In a full council meeting on June 24 last year, Cllr Dianne Rees said: “Iconic clocks in the city centre are not working and have not been for some time.
“The Echo Centenary Clock in Queen Street stands permanently at one o’clock. The historic Monkey Clock — at one time in the Pierhead Building in Cardiff Bay and now the main feature of street artwork in St Mary Street — needs urgent attention. The Market Clock above the High Street market entrance to Cardiff’s iconic indoor market is not working. With the city centre hopefully soon recovering from Covid-19 pandemic closure and tourism recommencing, will the council commit the necessary funding to restore these historic, important landmark clocks to full working order?”
So, what has happened to the Echo Centenary Clock and when will it return to Queen Street?
It was found that the clock required a new power connection, which Cllr Russell Goodway said was being addressed as part of works to lighting columns in the city centre last year.
A spokesperson confirmed that the paperwork for the electrical works is currently with Western Power and the council expects that the electrical works will take place next month.
The Echo clock is still being repaired and will be ready to be installed when the electrical works are completed by Western Power.
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