Refurbished components of the Lincoln Mill clock tower in George Collord's workspace in Biddeford. Collord used gum turpentine to clean the components of the clock, which has preserved the integrity of the clock's original paint. Whitney Hayward / Staff Photographer

The Lincoln Mill clock tower stands in its current location at the Pepperell Mill Campus, in Biddeford, on Tuesday. The clock tower will be moved on Thursday, and eventually be restored.Whitney Hayward / Staff Photographer

George Collord walks through the Pepperell Mill Campus where the Lincoln Mill clock tower is currently housed in Biddeford. "Seeing this clock tower eventually move, it's a symbolic resurgence of everything that's best about this place." Whitney Hayward / Staff Photographer

George Collord climbs into the clock tower Tuesday on the Pepperell Mill Campus in Biddeford. The clock tower will be moved on Thursday. "I would've gone nuts if I was a kid back then, getting to play with all of these mechanical things," Collord said.

George Collord stands in his workspace in Building 36 of the Pepperell Mill Campus on Tuesday. Collord is an industrial historian, and has spearheaded efforts to save the Lincoln Mill clock tower, which will be relocated from the Pepperell Mill Campus in Biddeford on Thursday. Photo by Whitney Hayward / Staff Photographer

One of four faces of the of the clock tower taken down from the top of the Lincoln Mill shows.

Historian George Collord leaves the Lincoln Mill clock tower on Lincoln Street in Biddeford with the ladder he uses to access the upper floor.

Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer: The city of Biddeford is taking the owner of the Lincoln Mill to court over the condition of the clock tower that now rests on the ground and the deteriorating fence in front of it along Lincoln Street in Biddeford. Photographed on Thursday, January 31, 2013.

Historian George Collord of Portland shows an image of the original condition of the clock tower on Lincoln Mill that he plans to restore.