GALLERY: Clock tower rises over Main Street

McQuillen Place was topped with it's signature clock tower on a July morning with about 40 people watching it's rise, standing on the sidewalk and bringing lawn chairs. Press photo by Kate Hayden

Crews prepare to raise the McQuillen Place clock tower early Thursday morning.

Community members take pictures as they watch construction crews prepare to raise McQuillen Place's clock tower.

A crew member positions the clock tower into place Thursday morning. The main raising was finished by 9:30 a.m.

Developer Charley Thomson applauds with some members of the crowd as the McQuillen Place clock tower is settled into place.

Charles City Council member Jerry Joerger congratulates developer Charley Thomson at the end of the clock's raising.

Community members linger on the corner of Main and Clark streets Thursday morning.