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Logan County Commissioner Tony Core walks near sections of the courthouse clock tower Tuesday. (EXAMINER PHOTO | T.J. HUBBARD)

The top portion of the Logan County Courthouse clock tower was removed around noon Tuesday after crews from Midwest Contractors Inc. severed it from the tower and riggers from Seaway Scaffold removed portions of the scaffold. A 125-ton crane from All Crane Rental was used to lower the section to the ground. (EXAMINER PHOTO | JOEL E. MAST)

Workers with Midstate Contractors Inc. prepare to remove the top of the Logan County Courthouse clock tower Tuesday. (EXAMINER PHOTO | JOEL E. MAST)