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Tuscaloosa #189
Location: North River Yacht Club Remarks: A large (5 foot), and elaborate bronze sundial in front of the North River Yacht Club. |
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Juneau #454 (Updated 08-01)
Location: 500 S.Franklin St. near the tram terminal Remarks: An analemmatic sundial painted on a downtown sidewalk. The 25 x 20 foot sundial was organized as a community project. Local volunteer groups were invited to join the project by painting the hourly numbers. Two concentric ellipses of numbers are used to indicate standard and daylight saving time. Photo |
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Banica #350 (Updated 01-00) Location: Banica is near the Dominican borderline with Haiti Reference: Ref: Palm, Erwin W. Los monumentos arquitectonicos de la Espanola. Santo Domingo: Universidad de Santo Domingo, 1955 Remarks: A small pillar dial with a vertical dial on one face. The dial markings sit below a triangular crown inscribed with the date MDCCVC, showing 1795 as the year it was carved. The bottom portion of the pillar appears to be reconstructed and the gnomon is missing. Photo Santo Domingo #348 (Updated 12-99) Location: In front of the Museo de Casas Reales, Colonial Zone Remarks: Atop a tapering pillar is a rock cube with with two vertical dials. Erected during the administration of Francisco Rubio y Pernaranda around 1753 it is one of the oldest sundials in the Americas and was used as the official time during Spanish rule. Around 1787 an equatorial dial was placed on top, but was broken off by a hurricane. As part of the Fifth Centennial Discovery activities it was reinstalled. Made of mortar and rock block and in excellent condition. Photo CUBA La Habana #564 (Updated 09-06) Location: El Morro complex Remarks: A monumental horizontal dial with rod gnomon and central cannon. First know sundial in Cuba. Photo PUERTO RICO San Juan #349 (Updated 12-99) Location: La Fortaleza (The Fortress) Remarks: A round pillar supports a rock cube with vertical dials on all four faces. Erected by the Spanish around 1645 during the rule of Fernando de la Riva y Aguero, the vertical dial cube was crowned with a weather vane on top. This sundial was the first to be installed in the Antilles and was probably the second sundial in the New World. The dial remains in good condition. Illustrations |
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Bullhead City #458 (Updated 08-01)
Location: In front of the Municipal Court at 1255 Marina Blvd. Remarks: This horizontal dial is an engraved flagstone approximately 42 inches in diameter. The monofilar gnomon is a stranded brass cable that extends upward to a height of 18 inches and is held taught by a rock counterweight. Hourlines and direction of sunrise and sunset for the equinoxes and solstices are given. Also has noon mark, the Equation of Time, and a 32-point Compass Rose. Designed by John Carmichael. Photo Bumble Bee #389 (Updated 08-06) Location: Sunset Point Rest Area, 50 miles north of Phoenix AZ on I-17 at exit 252 Remarks: Horizontal dial approximately 10 feet in diameter. Made of concrete and granite. Inscription is dedication to Arizona Dept. of Transportation employees who lost their lives in the line of duty. 2 Photos Link Carefree #1 (Updated 06-00) Location: Center of town in Sundial Plaza Remarks: A 90' diameter horizontal dial with a large reflecting pool beneath the gnomon. The hour markers are 4' diameter concrete circles. The dial is designed to show solar time corrected for the time zone offset. Thus the hour markers have been moved ahead of the solar time positions. A pilot dial (A 1/4'=1' scale model of the large dial) is at the South end of the large dial. It is constructed of gold-anodized aluminum with time lines at 10 minute intervals. An equation of time plaque is nearby. The upper surface of the dial formerly served as a solar water heater to provide hot water to the city's first office building. Numerals face outward, so that they are more easily read by viewers. 3 Photos Casa Grande #457 (Updated 08-01) Location: Abbott laboratories, 1250 W. Maricopa Hwy. In front of the main building entrance Remarks: This horizontal dial is an engraved flagstone approximately 40 inches in diameter. The monofilar gnomon is a stranded brass cable that extends upward to a height of 15 inches and is held taught by a rock counterweight. The engraved stone shows time marks to 5 minutes, corrected for longitude. Time and direction of sunrise and sunset for the equinoxes and solstices are also given. Designed by John Carmichael. Photo Flagstaff #313 (Updated 01-04) Location: Sawmill County Park on Sawmill Road, next door to the jail Remarks: A cast iron horizontal dial set in a 6 foot diameter limestone base 2 feet high. The interior region of the face is a white tile mosaic. The gnomon has pictures of buffalo and a horned lizard in relief. The edge of the dial is a cast iron ring, upon which are the four cardinal points and hour markers from 5am to 7pm, also in cast iron. The dial is corrected to Mountain Standard Time. Photo Flagstaff #2 (Updated 09-01) Location: Lowell Observatory Remarks: Small horizontal dial on a carved pedestal. It was a gift from the observatory staff to Dr. Lowell. Since March 1996, the dial has resided inside the observatory building. Kitt Peak #4 (Updated 08-01) Location: Outside entrance to Kitt Peak museum, 50 miles west of Tucson Remarks: A bronze equatorial dial approximately 2 ft. in diameter designed by R. Newton Mayall. The dial surface is a half-cylinder whose inner surface has seven date lines and 15 minute apparent solar timelines. A thin rod supports a 1/4 inch spherical nodus in the middle of the sundial directly above the point where the 12 noon line crosses the equinox line. The shadow of the nodus tells both the apparent solar time and the date. The dial is in fair condition, with the brass gnomon rod and nodus sagging, giving rise to a noticeable error in time and date readings. There is a separate metal plaque with instructions and a table of the Equation of Time. The dial does not correct for longitude. There is no indication that it was made by Mayall. 2 Photos Mesa #302 Location: Mesa Community Cemetery, 1212 N. Center St. Rear of Administration Building. Remarks: Very handsome equatorial dial, on a triangular base atop a marble pedestal 39"x39"x24" high. Inside of a brick-walled enclosure about 21' square. 2 Photos Oracle #6 (Updated 06-00) Location: Oracle Public Library, American Avenue, Oracle AZ 85623 Remarks: A brightly colored horizontal dial 4 feet in diameter. Dial is white ceramic with tile edging. Hour lines are bright arrows, adjusted for local longitude. At the north point is a graph of the Equation of Time and at the south point is the bright face of a sun. Ringing the dial is an inscription. Base is a concrete "flower" approximately 2 feet high. Near by is an approximately 15 foot long Noon Mark or Meridian Line with the months of the year marked on it. The shadow is cast by a small electric power pole. Photo Phoenix #578 (Updated 05-07) Location: Desert Botanical Gardens 1201 N. Galvin Parkway Remarks: A 10 foot diameter horizontal dial with steel gnomon. Live desert plants fill planters delineated by hour lines. Photo Phoenix #7 Location: Rose Garden, SW corner of 15th Ave & Holly St. Remarks: Large ground-level circular concrete slab, with Roman numerals. 6AM and 8AM numerals missing. Photo Prescott #585 (Updated 05-07) Location: Front wall of private home Remarks: An 18x20 inch cast bronze declining vertical dial on the wall of a private home. Dial face includes a stylized sun and outline of Thumb Butte, a prominent local landmark. Dial can be viewed by first contacting the owner at 928-778-1662. 2 Photos Sun City #8 (Updated 06-00) Location: 103d Ave. and Boswell Road Reference: NASS Compendium, Vol. 1, No. 1 - Feb. 1994 Remarks: One of the country's largest horizontal dials. Much photographed and well known. Gnomon is 22 ft. high, 40 ft. long and supported by three triangular supports. Simple Roman numeral hour markers in a gravel rock garden with an inner cement walkway surrounding the gnomon. 2 Photos Superior #105 (Updated 06-00) Location: Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, between Superior & Florence Jct. Remarks: A small 8 in. bronze horizontal dial with raised Arabic numerals marking the hours. The dial is set on a massive cobblestone and mortar base suitable to sit on while watching the hours. Photo Surprise #574 (Updated 05-07) Location: Surprise Crossing Safeway Shopping Center, on the sidewalk at the south side of building entrance. Remarks: A 108-inch diameter granite dial face with a 92-inch steel gnomon and nodus. Dial furniture includes a solar noon mark, sunrise and sunset points on the solstices and equinoxes, ecliptic date lines and an EOT graph. 2 Photos Tempe #75 (Updated 01-04) Location: To the west of City Hall, south east of the Valley Arts Center Remarks: An equatorial dial designed by R. Newton Mayall. A curved triangular gnomon over a curved face approximately 1 foot wide. Tells the day of the year and standard time noon. 2 Photos Tempe #9 (Updated 09-01) Location: Tempe Historical Society - corner of Rural & Southern Remarks: A 17 inch diameter bronze horizontal dial, mounted in a metal collar that inclines 5 deg S to correct for Tempe latitude of 33 N. The dial face has radiating hour, half-hour and 15-minute lines with Roman numerals from VI to VI. On a square pedestal approximately 2 feet high Inscription. 2 Photos Tucson #579 (Updated 05-07) Location: Private home of Susan Ledbetter 4049 E. Camino de la Colina Reference: April, 1954 Home and Garden Magazine Remarks: Located on a side street wall of a private home, this 4x6 foot due south vertical dial uses welded iron numerals and gnomon. Built in 1954, this is the oldest known sundial in Tucson. Designed using Mayall and Mayall's "Sundials" Photo Tucson #566 (Updated 09-06) Location: Private home in Tucson Remarks: A vertical 44x92 inch dial hand painted with elastomeric acrylic exterior house paint on the rough textured stucco wall of a private home. The 2x4 inch tall horizontal conical gnomon is gold plated brass. The shape optimizes the nodus shadow at the location's low latitude. Dial face shows date/declination lines, solar noon mark and hour, half-hour and quarter-hour lines. To arrange viewing, contact Christina McVie at 520-744-0931 or email her at: cmcvie@desertwatch.org 3 Photos Tucson #544 (Updated 05-06) Location: Private residence of the maker, John Carmichael. Contact him at 520-696-1709 to arrange viewing. Remarks: Carmichael residence at 925 E. Foothills Drive. Four vertical dials on the faces of a 100-inch tall redwood cupola on the roof of a private residence. The 21-inch dial faces are kiln-fired porcelain on steel; the bezels and gnomons are copper. The dials are longitude corrected for MST. Three dials have solar noon marks. Maker's initials (JLC) and the completion date of 2005. 2 Photos Tucson #533 (Updated 03-05) Location: Private residence of the maker, John Carmichael. Contact him at 520-696-1709 to arrange viewing. Remarks: A remarkable declining vertical stained glass "Gecko" sundial 58 x 20 inches consisting of 153 colored glass pieces and exterior rod gnomon with triangular base. Paintings on 11 glass pieces use vitreous kiln-fired enamels and stains. The four adjacent panels include 540 additional glass pieces, all set in a bay window overlooking a succulent garden which contains additional sundials. Dial panel includes painting of a Tucson Banded Gecko stalking a fly, a star field, sun face and solar noon mark. 5 Photos Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Tucson #464 (Updated 09-01) Location: University of Arizona, south side of Flandrau Planetarium, corner of Cherry and University. Remarks: A horizontal sundial 45 x 61 inches with a monofilar brass cable gnomon and tension couterweight. This is the largest horizontal sundial in the US carved on a single piece of stone, taking two years to build. The dial has hour lines from 5am to 8pm, corrected for longitude. Each hour line has an analemma and in the lower right of the dial is a graph of the Equation of Time. A nodus on the wire gnomon indicates date, with declination lines for summer and winter solstice, equinox, and date lines. Time and direction of sunrise and sunset are marked on the equinox and solstice lines. At the base of the gnomon is a 16-point compass rose. On the left side of the dial is a table for telling time by moon shadows. In the center is a copy of the hands from "The Creation" by Michelangelo. Designed and constructed by John Carmichael. 4 Photos Tucson #465 (Updated 09-01) Location: University of Arizona, north side of Steward Observatory Remarks: A simple square horizontal dial 20 x 20 inches carved in a 3 inch block of granite with a bronze gnomon on a 3 foot square pedestal. The dial has hour lines from 6am to 6pm for local solar time. Photo Tucson #456 (Updated 08-01) Location: On the south wall of Nanini Northwest Building at 2120 West Ina Road Remarks: This is a 10 x 10 foot vertical south dial with hour lines painted on the wall that are corrected for longitude. A unique feature of this dial is the time scale can be rotated forward or back slightly to compensate for the Equation of Time. However, because only the hours are marked, precise minute reading is difficult. Welded steel was used to make the time marker ring and gnomon. Photo Tucson #14 (Updated 12-99) Location: Tohono Chul Park Reference: NASS Compendium, Vol. 6, No. 4 - Dec 1999 Remarks: A 53 inch circular horizontal dial engraved in a large irregular stone with markings indicating the time and direction of sunrises and sunsets on the solstices and the equinoxes. The unique gnomon is a brass cable held straight under tension from a counterweight suspended from a hinged brass lever. By John Carmichael. Photo Tucson #13 (Updated 09-01) Location: University of Arizona at the Flandrau Planetarium, on the corner of Cherry and University Remarks: Analemmatic painted on the sidewalk outside planetarium entrance. Approx. 15 ft. wide. The dial is corrected for longitude and includes a central analemma. Painted instructions instruct one to stand on a north-south meridian line. Unfortunately during a restoration, the north-south meridian line was not repainted. Since the analemma has dates still visible, people mistakenly stand on the analemma instead of the meridian causing errors. Photo Tucson #12 (Updated 08-01) Location: Just south of the Tuscon Convention Center and north of Carillo Elementary School at 440 S. Main St. Remarks: This concrete and adobe brick horizontal dial is approximately 8 1/2 feet in diameter with a triangular gnomon 25 x 32 inches. This is a large, but very plain sundial except for the shiny chrome plated gnomon. It lacks numerals, but has hour points and shows the cardinal points. The dial is corrected for longitude. The pedestal is missing some bricks and is adorned with graffiti. A plaque calls this the "La Pilita Sundial" Photo Tucson #11 (Updated 09-02) Location: Rillito River Park at unmarked entrance 1/2 mile east of La Cholla Blvd Remarks: A "stonehenge" type of sun circle dial. The structure uses a broken circle of walls to create designs made of light based on the movement of the sun. The circle, 50 feet in diameter with 8 foot walls is modeled loosely on the Casa Rinconada kiva ruins in Chaco Canyon, NM. Lines on a bronze plaque indicate north and south and the direction of sunrise and sunset on the equinoxes and solstices. Holes in the wall do the same. Designed by Chris Tanz, built by Paul Edwards, 1993. 3 Photos Vail #599 (Updated 08-07) Location: Colossal Cave Mountain Park La Posta Quemada Ranch HQ. Butterfly Garden 16721 E. Old Spanish Trail. Modest fee. Remarks: A brass and concrete analemmatic dial set in the Butterfly Garden at Colossal Cave Mountain Park at 3415 feet elevation. The dial is 21 feet E-W across the hour markers. A hand-held rod gnomon 143 inches long includes a bubble level for positioning. Photo |
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Little Rock #561 (Updated 09-06)
Location: Private home call 501-661-9891 Remarks: A 36-inch antiqued brass vertical dial mounted on exterior wall of private home. A separate bronze plaque shows EOT, dial coordinates and motto. Photo Little Rock #352 Location: North Little Rock, at the foot of the Broadway Bridge Remarks: The Arkansas Sesquicentennial Sundial. A monumental horizontal dial in a 40' square patio made of stones from significant sites of the world. 21.5' gnomon. This dial has been removed due to actions by The National Bank of Arkansas (The Little Bank With the Big Heart). See the Link and scroll down to the updates. |
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Arcata #192
Location: Humboldt State University. in front of library Remarks: Armillary, 4' 4.5" diameter. Mounted at ground level. After the dial was installed the university ordered the point on the end of the gnomon sawed off. It was feared that someone might become impaled on it. Berkeley #422 (Updated 11-07) Location: Berkeley Marina Remarks: At the edge of San Francisco bay is a round horizontal sundial about 10 feet in diameter with a stark triangular gnomon. Both gnomon and dial base are of hammered concrete. The base rises above the ground about 2 feet where Arabic numbers encircle the dial to tell the hours. The dial face is not quite level, perhaps to help with water runoff. Photo Berkeley #612 (Updated 11-07) Location: Rose Garden of the Botanical Garden, University of California at Berkeley Remarks: A bronze armillary sphere dial on a quarried stone pedestal. The equatorial ring includes hour lines with 15-minute marks and Roman numerals. While well concieved and executed, its bulk makes it more a sculpture than a sundial. 3 Photos Berkeley #423 (Updated 09-00) Location: Lawrence Hall of Science at the top of the hill on UC Berkeley campus. Access by admission to the Hall of Science museum. Remarks: A large granite statue by Richard O'hanlon entitled "Sunstone II" designed in collaboration with astronomer David Cudaback. A north-south large polished granite slab with the top cut at the latitude of 38 degrees to sight the North Star. A hole in the stone allows east or west viewing, with limiting angles designed to show the extent of maximum planetary and lunar wandering. An east-west stone crosses the north side of the granite slab, allowing light to pass only at noontime onto a heel stone with marks for the Equinoxes and Solstices. Photo Berkeley #16 (Updated 05-07) Location: University of California campus, near clock tower. Remarks: A 16 inch diameter horizontal dial made of bronze. Gnomon is 8 in. long, 5 in. high. A classic horizontal dial on a 4 foot marble pedestal. 2 Photos Carmel #179 Location: Sundial Lodge at Carmel by the Sea Remarks: Circular plate on plain concrete column. Roman numerals, Roman key border design around the outer rim of dial plate. Claremont #505 (Updated 09-03) Location: Northeast corner of Mountain Ave. and Harrison Ave. Remarks: Larkin Memorial Sundial. A nicely constructed equatorial dial with modern, clean lines. The dial plate itself is a segment (orange peel) of a sphere. The hours are corrected for Pacific Standard Time by an "bowling pin" analemmatic shaped gnomon. 2 Photos Culver City #536 (Updated 04-05) Location: Culver City Park, Dusquene St. at Jefferson Blvd. Remarks: A six foot diameter equatorial dial. The six inch thick brass equatorial ring is supported by a 24 foot long steel gnomon six inches in diameter. The gnomon is anchored in a concrete oval-shaped base covered with tile and mosaics. The base and three surrounding water-drop shape ovals are inscribed with the word "Time" in the 12 languages spoken in Culver City. Standard Time is read on the south face, Daylight Saving on the north. Photo Death Valley #76 Location: Scotty's Castle Remarks: Handsome vertical dial in copper or bronze on tiles & terra cotta - on side of fireplace chimney at 2nd floor level. Arabic numerals. Photo El Cajon #214 Location: SW corner of Avacado and Chase Ave. Remarks: 'as of Christmas 1992, a stunning armillary sphere type of sundial by Don LeGrande ca. 1970... The framework of the dial is constructed of burnished stainless steel. ... The rod-like gnomon was destroyed by vandals many years ago, but the rest is in good shape. Photo Fullerton #529 (Updated 11-04) Location: In front of Heritage House on grounds of Fullerton Arboretum at California State University, Fullerton. 1900 Associated Road Remarks: An 18-inch cast bronze horizontal dial The gnomon edge is tapered to a single style. Mounted on 28 inch high fluted concrete column. 2 Photos Huntington Beach #78 (Updated 04-00) Location: Warner Firestation on Warner Ave, where it meets Pacific Coast Highway Remarks: A vertical dial in wood with a metal gnomon, mounted on a stucco wall. 9 feet high by 8 feet wide, rectangular with 6 inch numerals. The large dial face was constructed at an angle of 18 1/2 degrees to the main building. Los Altos #498 (Updated 06-03) Location: Georgina Blach Intermediate School 1120 Covington Rd Remarks: A triangular entry canopy 13 feet height by 128 feet wide by 26 feet deep at the Georgina Blach Intermediate School casts a shadow on the front pavement walkway. The pavement is etched with a gnomonic projection to show the hours and seasons. The dial was created by architects Lisa Gelfand and Andrew Davis. It's a fun sundial and the students and teachers love it. Photo Los Angeles #593 (Updated 07-07) Location: Griffith Observatory, southern slope of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park Remarks: A bronze-faced meridian arc dial 18 feet long, 13.5 feet high and 7 inch wide. Displays the meridian line and is inscribed with month and day markings, seasonal and lunar indicators and constellation figures. An overhead lens projects a solar image on the inscriptions. A large adjacent symbol is positioned to indicate which set of date markings is to be read from the meridian line. In a modern twist, photoelectric sensors embedded in the face of the arc are activated by the transiting spot of sunlight and send a signal to illuminate LED indicators on the 22 foot wide stainless steel ecliptic chart overhead, lighting up the stars of the constellation through which the sun is passing. 3 Photos Los Angeles #17 Location: Union Square Remarks: A vertical dial on a large cube, similar to one in Bloomfield CT Los Angeles #309 Location: 87th St ? Remarks: A sundial sculpture by Martha Oathout Ayers Los Angeles #77 (Updated 07-07) Location: Griffith Observatory, southern slope of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park adjacent to Astronomers Monument Remarks: A polished bronze equatorial ring dial with taut wire gnomon on concrete pedestal. Ring is inscribed with hour, ten-minute and minute lines. Plaque states the dial indicates correct watch time so observatory staff periodically rotate clamped ring to correct for EOT, longitude and DST. 2 Photos Mount Laguna #164 Location: 50 mi. east of San Diego in the Cleveland National Forest Remarks: Mount Laguna observatory sundial. Beside the dome of the 21 inch telescope is a concrete and bronze equatorial dial. The odd bowl-shape shows a reversed engraved map of the world. A horizontal bar across the bowl has a small metal nib which points out the time of the day (top and bottom for standard and daylight time) and indicates the spot on the world where the sun is currently directly overhead. Link Oakland #613 (Updated 11-07) Location: Chabot Science Center Remarks: One of Bill Gottesman's unique-design Renaissance dials of cast and structural bronze with a 27 inch diameter helix with a celestial-north aligned axis. Time is told by a focused beam of light that moves around the helix throughout the day. The light beam is reflected from a long cylindrical unsilvered mirror in a structure that supports the helix. A sliding time scale within the helix can be adjusted for EOT and DST and includes longitude correction. Once this scale is adjusted for date, the dial shows civil, or clock, time. 3 Photos Oakland #307 (Updated 09-00) Location: Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute 5700 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Permission required for access to the internal courtyard of the Institute. Reference: IAPS Listing, May 95 Remarks: Bronze sundial sculpture by Robert Paine. Donated to University High School in 1927 by Sara Bard Field in honor of her son Albert. The High School has been renovated and now used by Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI). Sara was a leading suffragist who led an automobile tour across the nation to gather petition signatures to bring to the President. Photo Oakland #236 (Updated 05-07) Location: Mills College near Chemistry / Physics Buildings Remarks: Constructed of three welded pieces of 2-inch thick steel plate, the dial sits in a courtyard. There are no hour lines, only hour markers are placed on the lawn and a brick patio around the dial. EOT values for every 5 days are shown on the north face of the support. Photo Redding #518 (Updated 05-04) Location: At Turtle Bay Exploration Park crossing the Sacramento River Remarks: The 217 foot high suspension span called Sundial Bridge wants to be a sundial, and has come very close. The suspension pylon is aligned true north, but unfortunately performs as an inaccurate gnomon with an inclination of 49 deg (for bridge functionality) rather than for the 40.6 deg latitude of the site. The bridge is 700 feet long and weighs 1,600 tons. Photo Redlands #293 Location: 1400 Barton Rd #711 92373 Remarks: Private - Made and owned by Russ M. Busher. A semicircle of metal, pierced with numerals. Sun shines through numerals onto metal plate with vertical line mounted below. Semicircle in equatorial plane, plate in polar plane. Rocklin #238 Location: Sierra College Library, south wall Remarks: Concrete and aluminum. Bottom of dial is 56' from ground level. Hour line missing from 6AM to gnomon base. Wall faces 26 degrees SW. Hour lines, numbered only at 6, 9, 12, 3 and 6. Two memorial plaques adjacent to dial. Photo Riverside #18 (Updated 04-00) Location: Corner of Mission Inn Avenue and Orange. SW corner in front of Riverside Library. Remarks: An equatorial dial 47 inches in diameter. The gnomon rod has a round disk with a hole to act as a nodus. The rod is pierced to aid aligning the disk with the sun. Recently the dial was moved from the plaza in front of the library to the corner location. Has Equation of Time curve, zodiac signs, declination of the sun. Inscription reads: "Fancy Sundial with the Zodiac Signs" "For the City of Riverside - lat 33 deg 58' 36 - long 117 deg 22' 16" 2 Photos San Bernardino #188 Location: San Bernardino County Court House, 351 N. Arrowhead Ave. Remarks: A horizontal dial in bronze & concrete with Roman numerals 5AM-7M, with quarter hour marks. Dedicated 1930-1937 In Memory of the Pioneer Mothers by Lugonia Parlor No 241, Native Daughters of the Golden West. San Carlos #424 (Updated 09-00) Location: Corner of Graceland and Forest Lane, mounted on end wall of home at 2 Forest Lane Remarks: A vertical dial approximately 4 feet high by 6 feet long, mounted on the end wall of a house that can be publicly viewed. Dial has hour lines and lines marking the equinoxes and solstices Made of wood and brass. Inscribed "The sun has the power to show the hour" Photo Link San Diego #213 Location: San Diego State University. campus, near the administration building Remarks: 'an elegant bronze dial of German manufacture.... about two feet in diameter. constructed with beautifully machined and engraved brass or bronze..' Photo San Diego #79 Location: San Diego Zoo Remarks: An armillary dial. Rings made of hollow steel hoops. Possibly gone now. NASS Member Woody Sullivan unsuccessfully attempted to locate this dial in 1992. San Diego #80 Location: Sea World Remarks: ? San Diego #19 (Updated 05-07) Location: San Diego State University, Wall of Chemistry/Geology Building Remarks: A vertical dial in concrete and aluminum. Dial destroyed by building remodeling per Richard Threet 12/2/2006 . Photo San Francisco #421 (Updated 09-00) Location: 1224 Mariposa Street Remarks: Dial is on an outside wall above the entrance to a private residence. Designed by Stan Musilek. Face of galvanized steel. Metal rails indicate the hours. Instead of Arabic or Roman numerals, the proper number of steel balls indicate each hour. Overall, the dial is 4 by 6 feet. Photo San Francisco #420 (Updated 09-00) Location: Shakespeare Garden, Golden Gate Park Remarks: A small 10-inch cast iron dial from England honors Shakespeare in a garden of the same name. The dial is on a small pedestal in the middle of the courtyard walkway and surrounded by trees. Lovely, but many shadows pass over the dial during the day. The dial plate was made for latitude 54 degrees. The gnomon appears to have been cut down to accommodate the 38 degrees for San Francisco. This "hack" method of correcting a sundial does not yield correct time. Photo San Francisco #419 (Updated 09-00) Location: Hilltop Park, Hunter's Ridge Remarks: A giant sundial 70 feet in diameter with a bright yellow painted steel gnomon 78 feet long. The dial has a cement base and was designed to be used as the stage for a surrounding amphitheater. Dial shows wear and abuse, with graffiti covering the lower portion of the gnomon. Still awe inspiring. Photo San Francisco #417 (Updated 09-00) Location: Fuchsia Dell in Golden Gate Park Remarks: A plain but nicely done brass horizontal dial about 2 feet in diameter mounted on a simple concrete and brick pedestal. The dial is in good condition, but about 50 degrees out of alignment. Dial has raised letters saying "Amidst the flowers I tell the hours." Appropriate for the location in Fuchsia Dell. Photo San Francisco #418 (Updated 09-00) Location: At the side of Academy of Sciences Building, Golden Gate Park Remarks: A 16 ton granite statue by Richard O'Hanlon entitled "Sunstone I". Designed in collaboration with astronomer David Cudaback. A small wall of rock with a round inlay of dark stone is supported high upon two tall vertical slabs of granite. At the back is a "heel stone" with marks where the sunlight strikes at the Equinoxes and Solstices. Photo San Francisco #21 (Updated 09-00) Location: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, just south of San Francisco Reference: Mayall, p.167, photo Remarks:A ground-level horizontal dial 50 ft. in diameter. Formerly a floral dial with a cypress tree as the gnomon and hour lines crafted out of plants such as santilina shrubs. During the 1960's the dial was changed to concrete and aluminum. San Francisco #82 (Updated 05-07) Location: Entrada Court, Ingleside Terraces Remarks: Built in 1913 as a promotion for a housing development that was once a racetrack, this dial boasted (incorrectly) that at 34 feet in diameter and 28 foot gnomon it was the largest dial in the United States. Nevertheless it gathered much publicity and newspaper articles of the day showed young girls dancing around a small pool that surrounded the gnomon. Bronze statues of porpoise were said to be in the pool. Today the statues are gone and the pool is green painted cement. Still, an interesting dial to visit. Photo San Francisco #20 (Updated 05-07) Location: Golden Gate Park, in front of de Young Museum Remarks: Known as the "Navigators' Dial", this sundial is dedicated to three early explorers of the California coast. The dial itself is a sliced bronze globe of the earth sitting on the back of a tortoise. Overall, the globe hemisphere is about 2-1/2 feet in diameter, showing the world in relief centered on California. The flat face of the hemisphere is a beautiful vertical reclining dial. 3 Photos Santa Barbara #232 (Updated 05-04) Location: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Remarks: A small bronze equatorial dial 21 in. diameter made by Victor E. Edwards in the 1920's. It has an unusual crescent shaped arm with notch at the upper end. The arm is rotated until sunlight through the notch strikes an analemma on the lower inner curve of the crescent. Time is then read on a circular dial from an 'hour hand' extending from the base of the crescent. A similar Edwards dial is #312 in Wooster, Massachusetts. Granite pedestal with spherical top. 21 in. high. 2 Photos Sebastopol #428 (Updated 09-00) Location: Analy High School campus, 6950 Analy Avenue. Southeast of the main building, between it and the library. Remarks: This is a vertical obelisk 3 feet on a side and 9 feet tall. It is more of a sun calendar than a sundial. The tip of the obelisk's shadow falls on a concrete pad on the ground. The summer and winter solstices and equinoxes are indicated by tiles set in the pad. 2 Photos Sebastopol #522 (Updated 07-04) Location: Front lawn of Park Side Elementary School, 7450 Bodega Ave. Remarks: A cement globe of the earth 28 inches in diameter inclined at 40 degrees, a bit off the site's 38º 20' N latitude. The globe is oriented with the site longitude on the upper meridian so that shadows crossing the globe represent the true sun angle at that moment. A rod through the globe casts a shadow onto the North Polar Region in the summer. At the southern end is a small equatorial dial with hour lines from 8am to 4pm. 2 Photos Stanford #482 (Updated 09-02) Location: Stanford University, hanging from a south wall facing Terman Engineering Building Remarks: A vertical declining dial approximately 45 x 55 inches. Made of aluminum and brass. Shows the hours from 8am to 5 pm using analemmas. Analemmas are bounded by the summer and winter solstices and a straight line through them shows the equinoxes. Daylight time is shown using Roman numerals, with standard time shown in Arabic. Sketch Link (PDF) Vallejo #235 Location: Ferry Terminal entrance Remarks: An aluminum polar dial. Gnomon has the profile of the Golden Gate Bridge. A gift from Vallejo's sister city: Akashi, Japan. Woodside #558 (Updated 05-06) Location: On Cañada Road near the Edgewood exit of Highway 280 between two of the gardens at Filoli Estate. Remarks: A 15 inch diameter well-patinated horizontal bronze dial on a stone pillar. This dial was designed for a different location. The hour lines are cut for 50° N; the gnomon angle is 46.5° and is mis-located on the dial face. 2 Photos |
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Arvada #22
Location: Outside public library Remarks: Looks like a modern sculpture till you look at it closely. Aurora #81 Location: Bicentennial Park Remarks: Granite equatorial Link Black Forest #201 Location: Academy School District Remarks: Analemmatic - contact Science Outreach Center, 11445 Teachout Drive, Black Forest CO 80908 Boulder #172 (Updated 09-02) Location: University. of Colorado campus, front of east entrance to Norlin Library Remarks: A large polar equatorial dial of light colored granite, 6 feet in diameter and 6.375 inches thick. The gnomon shaft is steel, extending from the ground through the dial plate and outward another two feet. Designed to be read from the upper surface in Spring/Summer, and from the lower surface in Fall/Winter. Radiating lines with Arabic numerals. Graduated in half-hours with 5 minute marks. Photo Link Boulder #137 Location: Pearl Street Mall, East of Municipal Building Remarks: Time indicator is a slit of light which appears in a gap between two approximately quarter-circle pieces of metal. Light falls on horizontal metal plate inscribed with un-numbered hour lines. Plaque identifies it as 'Pearl Street Mall Sundial, Erected by the City of Boulder Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board to recognize and commemorate historic preservation in Boulder. Funded in honor of William D. Carter by United Bank of Boulder, its board of directors and staff.' 2 Photos Colorado Springs #604 (Updated 11-07) Location: Chinook Trails Elementary School 1810 North Gate Blvd. Remarks: A monumental 120 foot diameter horizontal dial of painted concrete with a vertical 12 foot high concrete gnomon. Standard time and DST hour numerals are shown as are solstice and equinox lines. Dial face includes two 6 foot diameter inlaid mosaic maps of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. The gnomon is a truncated three-sided equilateral pyramid that inclines to the north so that the northern corner is vertical. Built in July, 2007 3 Photos Colorado Springs #570 (Updated 09-06) Location: 10221 Lexington Drive - Earth & Sky Plaza at Discovery Canyon School Remarks: A 4 inch thick rose granite equatorial dial with a triangular dial face 60 inches on a side. A 70 inch long gnomon rod holds a 6 inch diameter spherical bronze nodus showing Earth as seen from space placed so that the Earth's axis is on the gnomon axis. The dial face shows solar noon and the dateline shows the date at solar noon and the equation of time. Photo Colorado Springs #500 (Updated 06-03) Location: Monument Valley Park, east side of Glen Street, approximately 150 meters south of Uintah St. Near I-25 Remarks: An old horizontal dial approx. 60 cm diameter. From 1914-1967 it was located at Marksheffel Garage, moved here in 1967. The builder was possibly van Briggle Pottery of Colorado Springs, but analysis suggests it may have originally been constructed for another location. The angles of the hour lines are consistent with a latitude of (roughly) 43.9º, but the present location is 38.9º. A gnomon (probably not original) was cut for 34º lat, but this has now been corrected. The dial also required some 47º rotation to align it to true north. Hour lines have eroded, and those before 6am and after 6pm radiate from the wrong side of the gnomon. The city has made efforts to clean up Valley Park, but the dial continues to deteriorate. Colorado Springs #499 (Updated 08-03) Location: South wall of the Van Briggle Pottery building (built 1907), SE corner of Uintah and Glen (1 block east of I-25) Remarks: A vertical dial approximately one meter square. Tiles with signs of the Zodiac surround the hour lines and Roman numerals. In 1994 Colorado College repaired the gnomon and added a metal equation of time plate. 2 Photos Colorado Springs #222 (Updated 06-03) Location: Grounds of the US Air Force Academy, at the entrance to the planetarium and Center for Educational Multimedia Remarks: Analemmatic dial in granite and bronze. 9ft x 12ft. Mottled granite block surface with numerals engraved in smooth granite blocks. Also in granite, the date line uses Zodiac signs instead of dates and is in the shape of an analemma, probably with the intention of correcting for the equation of time, which does not work. No longitude correction, but the site is close to the central meridian of the Mountain time zone. In addition to the erroneous use of the analemma for a dateline, the aspect ratio is not correct for the latitude, the positions of the solstice markers are slightly off, and the use of Zodiac signs is probably confusing to most people. Photo Denver #286 Location: City Park, West of pavilion Remarks: Bronze horizontal - a child figure stands, casting a shadow on the sundial. Denver #368 (Updated 12-99) Location: Emerson School Building, 1420 Ogden Street Reference: NASS Compendium, Vol. 6, No. 4 - Dec 1999 Remarks: A large white stone vertical dial with a stone gnomon. The dial is part of the original brick building erected in 1884, now a historical landmark. Photo Denver #371 (Updated 06-99) Location: Herb Garden of the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street Denver, CO Reference: NASS Compendium, Vol. 6, No. 2 - June 1999 Remarks: The horizontal stone dial face is about 45 inches across, and is raised eight inches above ground level. It is inscribed with hours from IV to VIII. Photo Denver #24 Location: Mountain View Park? Remarks: Great sundial and view of the mountains with a map of sorts pointing to the mountain peaks. (type?) Denver #23 Location: Cranmer Park (formerly Mountain View Park)? - 3d & Clermont Remarks: Englewood #555 (Updated 05-07) Location: Kent Denver School, 4000 E. Quincy Ave. Kent Denver School 4000 E. Quincy Avenue Access may be arranged by calling the school at 303-770-7660 on weekdays between 8:00AM and 3:00PM Remarks: A spectacular, and perhaps unique dial delineated on the inside walls of a purposely built "Sun Tower". Roofed by a dome with a central aperture the concept of the dial recalls the Pantheon. Hourly analemmas are marked on the vertical walls of the Tower. Other indication include the sun's altitude and azimuth. 6 Photos and additional text Glenwood Springs #576 (Updated 07-07) Location: Sopris Elementary School 1150 Mt. Sopris Drive, on the playground. Remarks: An 11x15 foot poured concrete analemmatic dial with Standard and DST numerals, seasonal markers and an EOT plaque. 2 Photos Pueblo #200 (Updated 06-03) Location: Lake Pueblo State Park ($5 fee), Northern Plains Campground; amphitheater Remarks: A large horizontal dial on the concrete floor at the south edge of an amphitheater built with a Stonehenge theme. Separate numerals for standard time and daylight time. Thick cement gnomon with embedded pebbles. No longitude correction, but the site is very near the central meridian of the Mountain time zone. The amphitheater has alignments to sun rise/set on the equinoxes and solstices, and a North Star finder made of wrought iron. Designed by Judy Guttormsen, built in 1984. Photo Steamboat Springs #225 Location: Bud Werner Memorial Library, 13th & Lincoln Remarks: Spherical structure with two 270 degree arcs that intersect at right angles |
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Bloomfield #25 (Updated 05-07)
Location: CIGNA Insurance Co. between main building and golf course Reference: Mayall p. 142, photo p. 229 Remarks: Vertical dial on an eight ton granite cube, 4 foot on a side. Three vertical dials on east, south and west sides. Gnomons have been removed. A similar CIGNA cube dial is in Los Angeles, Union Square. Photo Branford #390 (Updated 04-00) Location: Nature's Garden park at Pine Orchard Rd and Birch Street.. Entrance from Birch Street. Use Branford Day Care Center parking lot. Dial is behind Day Care Center. Remarks: A large equatorial dial created as part of a community effort to establish a Natural Habitat park for the town of Branford. The dial is 7 x 6 x 6 feet made of Stony Creek granite and stainless steel, weighing 13,000 pounds. The granite is indigenous to the town. The face of the stone is cut at approximately 41 degrees to match the site latitude, inspired by a design from Robert Adzema's "The Great Sundial Cutout Book". Dial shows time from 7 am until 5 pm. By Susan Farricielli. Dedicated to Sandra Ciccione 1976-1999 2 Photos Link Bristol Collection Location: The American Watch & Clock Museum, 100 Maple Street Remarks: Collection East Hartland #429 (Updated 11-00) Location: Hartland Cemetery, intersection of routes 20 and 179. To the left of the main road in the Cemetery. Remarks: This upright stone was originally a noon marker at Nathaniel Taggart's inn in colonial North Blandford, MA. The stone was moved by Taggart's granddaughter Polly Taggart Church to Harland, CT, where she lived following her marriage. In 1935 the stone was set up in the Hartland Cemetery, casting its noon day shadow onto a flat stone with an engraved meridian line. Photo Greenwich #345 (Updated 10-99) Location: Davis Avenue in Bruce Park on southerly side of I-95 between exits 3 and 4. Use either exit. Site is immediately opposite Brothers Brook overpass that crosses Davis Mill Pond Remarks: Large horizontal dial 130 ft. in diameter. Designed by Shope Reno Wharton Associates and built by sculptor Mark Mennin of Bethlehem, CT. Striking gnomon is 20 ft. high at the tip. The noon stone is a flat marble slab 5 ft x 8 ft with a center score line. The 14 other hour stones are sculpted marble, each about 3 ft x 5 ft, abstractly depicting the progress of mankind's social progress across time. Photo Hartford #28 (Updated 05-07) Location: Trinity College, Chapel Garden Remarks: A bronze equatorial dial presented to the college as a gift from the class of 1889. For its age, it is in remarkably good condition. The 3 foot wide by 2 foot tall half cylinder is engraved with both hour and declination lines. At the noon-equinox point of the dial face a perpendicular pole rises to the centerline of the cylinder and supports a N-S gnomon rod. Unfortunately the southern portion of the rod is missing. The base is a square, tapered pillar. 2 Photos Hartford #27 (Updated 05-07) Location: Funston Memorial Garden and Trinity Chapel Cloister, Trinity College, Summit Street Remarks: An 18th century polyhedral dial (dodecahedron). The dial was originally located at The Abbey, Storrington, Sussex, England. Carved stone with ten dials, some sunken, some planar. Pillar is about 12 ft. high. 2 Photos Mystic #187 (Updated 12-95) Location: Old Mystic Seaport Museum Reference: NASS Compendium, Vol. 2, No. 4 - June 1997 Remarks: Vertical declining, painted on wood. Circular dial, with Arabic numerals 6AM-7PM on wall declining 9°10' west. Mounted below peak of building. Smiling sun face at point where gnomon strikes dial plate. Designed by Albert Waugh, built by Edwin Pugsley. Photo Mystic #186 (Updated 12-95) Location: Old Mystic Seaport Museum Reference: NASS Compendium, Vol. 2, No. 4 - June 1997 Remarks: Vertical declining. Large slanted wood rectangle on a wall declining 80°50' east. Shows hours only till 11:30 AM, thus frequently called 'the morning dial'. Dial originally had no motto, it was added later when dial was refurbished. Designed by Albert Waugh, built by Edwin Pugsley. Photo Mystic #29 Location: Mystic Seaport, Planetarium Building Remarks: This armillary dial is in the cover photo of Albert Waugh Sundials, Their Theory and Construction paperback. Edwin Pugsley was the builder as well as the designer. Photo New Britain #111 (Updated 05-07) Location: Central CT State College, In front of Samuel S. T. Chen Art Center Remarks: A 19 ft. steel sculpture named 'Sheng'. Commissioned by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts in 1987. Basically a combination East and West direct dial with a circular gnomon. By Robert Adzema Photo New Haven #279 (Updated 05-07) Location: Edgewood Park, Ella T. Grasso Blvd. Remarks: A Large horizontal dial 17 ft. diameter with concrete gnomon 20 ft. high. Hour marks include longitude correction. Dial has a circular layout with a large sundial arm that sprays water on one side, a curved bench for sitting on the opposite side, a wading pool in between and a curved wall with three large oval holes cut out on one side. The sun shines thorough the wall onto the number of the sundial. 2 Photos New Haven #30 (Updated 05-07) Location: Yale University, Sterling Library courtyard Remarks: Vertical dial built into the wall of the Sterling Library. Rectangular with hour lines and Arabic numbers. Gnomon is a plain rod emanating from a sunburst. Photo Newington #83 (Updated 05-07) Location: Lucy Robbins Welles Library, Colonial courtyard Remarks: Horizontal ring, suspended by curved semi-circles, with gnomon rising from the center toward the North. '. . .'you can see resemblances to an anchor, a gimbal, and a mariner's compass' said the designer.' Photo New London #473 (Updated 03-02) Location: Connecticut College on Mohegan Ave, in a circular plaza in the center of the college green Remarks: A horizontal dial of striking modern design about 24 inches in diameter. The dial face is granite with milled wedges, leaving hour lines from 6 am to 6 pm. Hours are represented by small round bronze markers. The gnomon is of unusual design. Originally the gnomon had a vertical glass plate below the style. The dial doubled as a fountain - water flowed from the top of the gnomon down the glass plate. Each of the bronze hour markers also had a small spray of water. Photo Norwich #546 (Updated 05-06) Location: In front of the Tirrell Building at Norwich Free Academy, near the corner of Chelsea Parade and Crescent Street. Remarks: A well-patinated horizontal dial placed atop a stone column. Cast aggregate column. Photo Pomfret #84 (Updated 05-07) Location: Pomfret School, on the front lawn Reference: NASS Compendium, Vol. 2, No. 1 - March 1995 Remarks: A remarkable 22 ft. high stone pillar dial built by William Ross Carpenter as a replica of the famous Charles Turnbull dial of Corpus Christi College in England dating from 1577. The pillar has multiple dials of various types. The Carpenter replica built in 1912 was restored in 1987. Ornate dial furniture with multiple inscriptions. A complex masterpiece. 2 Photos Portland #426 (Updated 05-07) Location: On the grounds of St. Clement's Castle, a facility that specializes in wedding functions. Remarks: An 18" x 18" inch square brass horizontal sundial with ornate engraving on the face and gnomon. Roman numerals. Dial sits on a tapered granite pedestal with a square granite cap. Photo Stamford #31 Location: ? Remarks: Sailing ship in background. Longitude, latitude and declination given on face. (ref. Mayall pp. 183, 231) Storrs #85 (Updated 05-07) Location: University of Connecticut, between Student Union and Benton Museum Reference: NASS Compendium, Vol. 2, No. 2 - June 1995 Remarks: Four dial pillar, the Waugh memorial dial. Not oriented on cardinal points. It was rotated to avoid tree and adjacent building shadows. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Lynch Sr., the Alumni Association, and funds raised for the purpose. The pillar is 12 ft. high. Constructed by the firm of Kenneth Lynch & Sons. 5 Photos Stratford #86 (Updated 05-07) Location: Shakespeare Festival Theatre Remarks: Large vertical dial at the theatre entrance. The dial is formed around a large circular sunburst with Roman numerals at the edge. Above the dial is a coat of arms. Photo Watertown #32 (Updated 01-01) Location: Taft School, 70th Anniversary Science Center, South face of building, under observatory Remarks: Norman Bliss, who reported this dial, taught astronomy at Taft School for many years. He challenged students to find this dial. It was very abstract, hard to read, and probably not very accurate. The dial no longer exists - the building has been torn down. Photo Westport #33 Location: ? Remarks: Painted on a garage door facing the sea - base of the gnomon is in the form of a sextant. (ref. Mayall, p.41, 232) Windsor #211 (Updated 05-07) Location: Loomis Chaffee School - Batchelder Rd. at Island Rd. Remarks: Equatorial mean time dial about 5 ft. diameter made of brass and stainless steel The analemma is incorporated into the gnomon compensating for equation of time. Equatorial ring is rotated to compensate for difference in longitude to time zone. Designed and built by Physics/Astro Dept, University of Calgary, Alberta Canada. Photo |
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Greenville #530 (Updated 03-05)
Location: Mt. Cuba Astronomical Observatory, 1610 Hillside-Mill Road, Greenville DE, 19807 Remarks: A 15-inch cast aluminum equatorial sundial designed and built by Richard Schmoyer originally installed in 1972 and replaced in 1985 after theft. A three-dimensional analemmic gnomon corrects for Equation of Time. The observatory is open to the public every weekday morning. Photo Link Link 2 Rehoboth Beach #321 (Updated 08-06) Location: Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane, in the garden behind the historic Homestead House Remarks: Bronze horizontal dial. Restored in 1999, and set on a capstan from a sailing ship. Situated in a garden originally planted in the 1930's. 2 Photos Wilmington #609 (Updated 11-07) Location: First Unitarian Church Remarks: An 18 x 24 inch cast bronze vertical dial offset from supporting wall by 6.25° to align south. Dial face has hour lines with Arabic numerals and depicts a leaf motif with sun and sun rays and two birds. Photo Wilmington #320 (Updated 12-02) Location: Rockford Park Remarks: A round limestone vertical dial about 3 feet in diameter with bronze gnomon. Hours are bronze Roman numerals. No hour lines are drawn. The dial is set on the side of a beautiful 115 foot stone water tower with a roofed observatory platform. Erected circa 1895. 2 Photos |
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Washington #588 (Updated 05-07)
Location: Washington International School 3100 Macomb St. NW In front circle of main building. Remarks: A 20 inch diameter bronze armillary on a four foot pedestal. Roman hour numerals from 3 AM to 9 PM Photo Washington #316 (Updated 07-04) Location: Beauvoir Elementary School at The National Cathedral. 3500 Woodley Road, NW. Remarks: A horizontal dial 26 inches in diameter with a 9 inch gnomon. Has hour and half hour lines from 5 am to 7pm with 10 minute marks. Made of chocolate sandstone. South of the gnomon is an engraving of two children walking under a tree. Photo Washington #491 (Updated 05-03) Location: Inside Building 207 at the Naval Research Laboratory. Requires an escort from the visitor center. Remarks: For over two years at precisely 4:10 in the afternoon, a bit of whimsy prompted Dr. James Griffith, a chemist, to mark the position of a ray of sunlight on a wall at the Naval Research Laboratory. The result was an indoor analemma. Link Your whimsical Webmaster undertook a similar project in 1996. Washington #257 (Updated 05-07) Location: Garden of Folger Shakespeare Library, SW corner of E. Capitol St. & 3rd St. Can be seen from 3rd street. Remarks: The bronze armillary sphere dial is unremarkable yet is oriented accurately and is complete. About 2 feet in diameter. Hour numerals are Roman and show 5 AM to 7PM. Photo Washington #210 (Updated 05-07) Location: National Academy of Sciences, 22nd & C Streets Remarks: Gnomon missing, in hands of the groundskeeper, as it will not stay in place. The dial is modern, honoring George Donald Meid for service to the National Academy. Washington #208 (Updated 05-07) Location: South end of 30th St. NW, a few feet from the Potomac River Remarks: Large, ground level horizontal dial 16 ft. in diameter with 49 in high stepped hollow painted- green metal gnomon that is 5 ft 16 in long. Roman hour numerals with hour lines from 4:30 AM to 9:30 PM. Gnomon structure recalls the much larger Indian observatory dials. An appropriate poetic passage, once bolted to the gnomon, has disappeared. 2 Photos Washington #218 (Updated 05-07) Location: Smithsonian, Enid A. Haupt Garden Remarks: New horizontal dial, designed and built by David Shayt and David Todd of the Smithsonian Institution. Roman numerals, 5AM-7PM. Subdivided into 15 minute increments. Photo Washington #34 (Updated 05-07) Location: National Cathedral Remarks: A cathedral landmark. 6 foot rectangular crypt with a 2 foot circular horizontal dial in bronze. Ajoining the dial is a cross noon marker that casts its shadow onto the crypt with major Christian holidays marked throughout the year. 3 Photos Washington #203 (Updated 05-07) Location: National Cathedral, Bishop's Garden Remarks: A weathered 13th C. capital on which sits a 41 cm diameter horizontal brass dial. It is engraved with “Tho Heath, London” and the year 1712. On the noon line is the indication "Hammersmith", a location on the (then) outskirts of London at 51:30N 0:14W. Heath is one of the Grocers' Company mathematical instrument makers. Many of Heath's dials bear coats of arms. Photo Washington #256 (Updated 05-04) Location: US Naval Observatory - Observatory Circle, N.W., by appointment (202-762-1438) Remarks: Horizontal with octagonal face, ground level. Designed by Richard Schmidt of the staff commemorating the 100th anniversary of the move of the USNO to its present site at Observatory Circle. The USNO was founded in 1830. Cast by Alex Bigler of Equestrian Forge. Washington #310 Location: National Zoological Park Remarks: Bronze sundial on a concrete column Washington #205 (Updated 05-07) Location: Montrose Park, along R Street NW, opposite Avon Place Reference: Geo. McDowell, Twelve Sundials of Washington, nr. 9 Remarks: Very nicely done armillary sphere about 3 ft. in diameter with equatorial, meridional and hour circles from 5 AM to 7 PM. One of Washington's cleanest examples of a working armillary sphere. Erected by the Georgetown Garden Club. 2 Photos Below are three brick Washington DC High Schools which have sundials. Washington #202 (Updated 05-07) Location: Eastern High School, E Capitol St. between 17th and 18th St. Remarks: Vertical on S facade over main entry, facing East Capitol Street. School is dated 1923. Square sandstone dial with bronze Arabic numerals and trefoil pierced gnomon. Elevation approx. 30 ft. Large projecting towers place dial in shadow in early morning and late afternoon. 2 Photos Washington #206 (Updated 05-07) Location: Washington International School, near 34th St. on Macomb St. NW Remarks: Vertical declining dial, with gnomon offset for declination. Above doors to rear terrace. Carved hourglasses frame the dial. Brass compass rose set into the brick terrace below suggests the general alignment of both house and dial. Photo Washington #207 (Updated 05-07) Location: McKinley High School, Near 2nd St. NE and R St. NE Remarks: Vertical bronze dial with Arabic numerals and long cast sunburst gnomon. On oblong sandstone. Dial is 60-80 feet up on an octagonal power plant smokestack. It is difficult to read, but safe from vandalism. 2 Photos |
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Cocoa #471 (Updated 01-02)
Location: Brevard Community College Planetarium Remarks: A simple equatorial dial 58 inches wide and 49.5 inches high. Because of the low latitude, the 6 inch wide equatorial band has Roman hour markings only from 7am to 5 pm. The gnomon is a thin, unadorned rod. Photo Ft. Lauderdale #88 Location: Museum of Science Remarks: A small analemmatic in marble and bronze. About 80 feet into a park across the street from the museum's entrance. Lake Buena Vista #221 Location: Disney World Headquarters Remarks: According to the Guinness Book of Records, 1995, this is the world's largest sundial. It is a large truncated, slanted cone, with hour markings on the inside, and a large gnomon with spherical nodus at the end to mark the time. NASS's first president, Ross McCluney, was one of the principal designers. Illustrations Link Lake Wales #36 (Updated 08-06) Location: Bok Tower Gardens, on the Singing Tower. Admission Fee $3. Reference: Architectural Record, Aug 1937. Reference: Mayall, p.220,225. Reference: Mayall, 'Dialing the Time', Sunworld, 4:3, 1980, p.109-113. Remarks: Beautiful vertical dial, approx 12 feet x 6 feet of Georgia marble with a brass gnomon approx 5 feet long. Declination lines present. Hour & half hour lines with hours in Roman numerals. Sunburst pattern above gnomon.
Lake Wales #562 (Updated 09-06) Location: Bok Tower Endangered Plant Garden Remarks: A large stone analemmatic. 2 Photos Miami (Watson Island) #573 (Updated 05-07) Location: Mac Arthur Causeway - Miami Children's Museum Remarks: Attractive analemmatic in brightly colored mosaic tiles. Major diameter 16'. 3 Photos Miami Beach #300 Location: Wolfsonian Foundation 1001 Washington Ave. Remarks: ? Orlando #89 Location: EPCOT, at United Kingdom area Remarks: Reconstruction of 4-sided pillar dial. Orlando #294 (Updated 08-06) Location: SunBank Center Park Remarks: An obelisk which, at the noon hour, will cast a shadow on a noon mark plaque positioned on the ground. Cast by Shidoni Foundry 2 Photos Orlando #37 (Updated 08-06) Location: 6277 Sea Harbor Drive - Harcourt, Inc. Headquarters Building, southwest corner Remarks: Large horizontal Photo St. Augustine #611 (Updated 11-07) Location: Cathedral of Catholic Church Remarks: Approximately 2 x 3 foot vertical painted dial on wall of cathedral. Dial face includes hour lines with Roman numerals and 15 minute marks, and location coordinates. Wall orientation and gnomon alignment not verified. May be a copy of an original made c. 1887 2 Photos St. Petersburg #224 (Updated 09-02) Location: Veteran's Park Remarks: Equatorial in stone. Looks identical to, and built by the same firm, as the new one at the University of Colorado - Boulder Campus (#172) Link Seaside #551 (Updated 05-06) Location: Natchez Park, Scenic Highway 30A at Natchez St. Remarks: A large horizontal dial of cement and gravel within a 30 foot diameter hedge. Photo Winter Park #515 (Updated 12-03) Location: Eastbrook Elementary School, 5525 Tangerine Avenue. Visitor's pass required. Remarks: A 12-inch horizontal brass dial set on a simple fluted pedestal. The dial is in a small garden area with a nearby flagstone bench.Inscribed: "In Loving Memory Ashly Nicole Oliver 1992-2001 Eastbrook Class of 2003" Photo Link |
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Atlanta #272
Location: International Blvd N.W. and Carnegie Way Remarks: Equatorial in steel and iron. Dial has an arrow crossing diagonally upward through a half circle. Rests on a triangular base that has an eagle carved on all three sides. Gift of The Federal Republic of Germany. Augusta #353 Location: Riverwalk Remarks: An analemmatic dial in brick and stone. Link Elberton #587 (Updated 05-07) Location: Nine miles north of Elberton, Georgia Off Hwy 77 on Guidestones Road Remarks: A calendrical dial consisting of six granite slabs and standing 19 feet high arranged as a center stone with four surrounding stones and a capstone. A channel through stone indicates the celestial pole and a horizontal slot indicates the annual travel of the sun. The stone faces are engraved with ten guidelines or principles in eight different languages. Photo Link Macon #226 Location: Museum of Arts & Sciences - beside the observatory which is just outside the museum. Remarks: A small horizontal dial about 1 foot across. Includes hour markings for EST and DST and a EOT graph. Hour lines corrected for longitude. Mounted low enough for children to enjoy. Photo Pine Mountain #386 (Updated 03-00) Location: Callaway Gardens on Highway 18 (admission), in Mr. Cason's Vegetable Garden. Remarks: Analemmatic dial set in an herb garden Photo |
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Honolulu #481 (Updated 09-02)
Location: 902 Puuomao Place in Hawaii Kai. In front yard of private residence Remarks: An elegant vertical declining and reclining dial built on the sloping face of a large laval boulder. Total size of the dial is 4 1/2 x 6 feet and uses a half-inch thick copper gnomon 6 x 10 inches. Hour lines and numerals at 9, 12, and 3 are of brass. The dial is corrected for longitude and was designed to fit its deep valley location and orientation of the boulder. Tradition holds that these rocks have spirits and must be treated with respect. 2 Photos Honolulu #340 (Updated 09-02) Location: Bishop Museum at 1525 Bernice St. Centerpiece in the reflecting pool at the entrance of the Science Center Remarks: Bronze equatorial dial 44 inches in diameter. The dial is outlined by an ornate ring tilted in the plane of the polar axis with extending flames representing the sun. A gnomon rod bisects this ring. The dial base is a statue of the Hawaiian mythological figure Maui snaring the sun, Kala, with ropes to snare the sun. The dial itself is a semicircular portion of an equatorial ring with inscribed hour lines and raised Roman numerals. The dial has been exhibited in various museums in San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver before permanent installation at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. Gnomon and equatorial ring appear miss-aligned for 21 degree latitude. The museum will correct the dial in the near future. Photo Honolulu #278 (Updated 09-02) Location: University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Dr. Remarks: A raised horizontal circle 18 inches in diameter. The nearly inch-wide brass gnomon supports a raised relief globe, with the Hawaiian Islands uppermost to accurately show which part of the world is in sunlight. The dial has hour lines and a ring of 5-minute marks. Hours are numbered from 6 until 18. Cardinal points and magnetic north are indicated. Dial shows some signs of deterioration. Designer Ginnosuke Ohara is a dialist with Japan's Research Institute for Sundials. The dial base is a mushroom design of concrete about 40 inches high and 40 inches in diameter. A time capsule is located in the base, to be opened in 2030. Photo Honolulu #291 (Updated 09-02) Location: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania St Remarks: Paul Manship dial. Outer circle has flame-shaped knobs projecting from rim. Indicator or axis cuts band diagonally, terminating in oval projection on lower side. Gift of Mrs. Theoeore A. Cooke. Currently reported to be in storage. Pearl City, Oahu #535 (Updated 03-05) Location: University of Hawaii Urban Garden, 955 Kamehameha Hwy. Pearl City, HI Remarks: A 28 foot stone horizontal dial with 8 foot high black wood and fiberglass gnomon located in a children's Sundial Garden. Hour markers are Roman numerals cast into concrete blocks. Dial is screened by koa and lonomea trees. N (Mauka), E (Diamond Head), S (Makai), W (Ewa) Photo Guam - De Dedo #480 (Updated 09-02) Location: At the Two Lovers Leap Historial Site near Tumon, Guam Remarks: An analemmatic dial approximately 10 x 20 feet set into concrete. At the low latitude of Guam, the gnomon standing spot extends outside the ellipse of hour markers. Between April and September the shadows are very short near noon and are difficult to read. 2 Photos |
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Boise #344 (Updated 10-99)
Location: Ann Morrison Park on "Duck Island". Remarks: Equatorial dial 5 ft high, 6 ft. wide and 4 ft. deep. The dial was designed by Pete Swanstrom, and built and donated by JST Custom Fabrication Inc. of Boise. The gnomon is of unusual design with a central pivoting elliptical plate and an analemmic cut out. The analemma is marked with 365 individual date marks. The shadow falls on an equatorial ring with hours marked from 7am to 7pm and inscribed with lines for every minute (spaced 1/7 inch apart). The dial indicates true time to within less than a minute, date to the day, and adjusts for Daylight saving time. The Latin inscription on the plaque, (which reads "Tempus Captus",) should read "Tempus Captum", for "Time Captured." Photo |
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Chicago #271
Location: Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens 2200 N. Cannon Drive. (S of reptile house) Remarks: Equatorial in stone. "Sunform" Photo Chicago #296 Location: Depauw University Remarks: Horizontal in cement and wood. Title: St. Anne and her Sentinels. A cement disk with a cleft at the top acts as a sundial. Chicago #228 (Updated 07-07) Location: Botanical Garden, Northbrook Remarks: Equatorial in bronze. 2 meters in diameter. Arabic hour numerals. Hour scale is subdivided into 5 minute intervals. 2 Photos Chicago #223 (Updated 07-07) Location: Adler Planetarium (Collections) Remarks: Henry Moore Sundial Sculpture: 13 foot bronze equatorial dial built in 1980. Two bronze semicircles, one set inside and at right angles to the other, form the main elements. A slim rod runs from one end of the outer semicircle to the other end and its shadow on the inner semicircle below marks the time of day. EOT correction is provided. 3 Photos Link Collinsville #94 (Updated 06-00) Location: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, about 20 minutes from St. Louis Remarks: A reconstructed "Woodhenge" discovered in the early 1960's. Circles of wooden posts with an outer diameter of 410 feet indicate various solar events including the solstices, equinoxes, and what are thought to be special festival days related to the agricultural cycle of the region. Photo DeLand #360 (Updated 07-07) Location: Goose Creek Township Cemetery. Route 10 just west of Deland Reference: NASS Compendium, Vol. 6, No. 1 - March 1999 Remarks: Granite four-dialed pillar about 5 feet high, purportedly found in 1650 in Tinturn, Monmothshire, England which is consistent with its constructed latitude of 52º N. Dial faces are 18 x18 inches. Gnomons on both east and west sides have been rotated. The dial is well-traveled. It was brought to the United States in 1890 by the John Wanamaker stores. The fascinating history of this dial can be found in the reference. 3 Photos Evanston #298 Location: Oakton School Remarks: (?) ceramic. Commissioned by the Works Progress Administration. Graylake #521 (Updated 05-04) Location: Lake County Community College on Lancer Lane south of County A22 (Washington Street). Inside circle drive at college entrance. Remarks: "Sun Pivot" is a pair of vertical "gatestones" through which alignments with two outlying stones can be viewed at sunrise on the summer solstice and the equinoxes. The summer sunrise stone is set about 33 degrees north of east while the equinox stone is set due east. Both stones are about 200 feet away in a field of prairie grass. 2 Photos Highland Park #400 (Updated 06-00) Location: Time Square Remarks: A simple analemmatic dial with a cement center marked with the months. Surrounding the base is a light brick plaza with markers for the hours. The plaza is surrounded by flowers. Photo Highland Park #377 (Updated 05-04) Location: Founders Park - County Line (Lake-Cook) Road and St. John's Avenue near the Chicago Botanical Gardens Remarks: A cast iron polar dial with raised hour lines centered in a 7 foot diameter disk, echoing the form of a train wheel - the theme of its location in a small park near a historic train station.. Link La Fox #547 (Updated 05-06) Location: On campus of Broadview Academy, a Seventh Day Adventist boarding high school. Available for viewing during daylight hours. Remarks: A 30-inch diameter cast bronze dial with natural patina after more than 30 years exposure. Photo Pekin #233 (Updated 05-04) Location: Mineral Springs Park, Sunken Garden Remarks: Horizontal in grass (!) The ground level face consists of seven analemmas, (8-11 AM, 1-3 PM) and a larger one for noon. The gnomon for the seven hour analemmas is a disk atop a 15 foot sloping shaft. The gnomon for the noon analemma is a disk atop a vertical shaft 45 feet high. Photo Link Peoria #607 (Updated 11-07) Location: Glen Oak Park Conservatory, Prospect Road Remarks: An 18 inch octagonal horizontal dial of cast bronze. The dial face includes hour lines with ten minute marks and Roman numerals. The dial is on an octagonal polished granite pedestal. The bronze gnomon is correctly set at 40° but appears to be more modern than the cast dial face. This is one of two "sister" dials ordered cast by Grant Hood; the second dial was placed at Bradley School of Horology but later disposed and now in private ownership in Lynchburg, Virginia. 2 Photos Rockford #401 (Updated 06-00) Location: In the gardens of the Sundstrand Corporation Remarks: A large stainless steel armillary dial approximately 10 feet in diameter. The equator and sunrise/sunset meridian bands are about 6 inches wide, with other bands about 3 inches wide. The central gnomon is a stainless steel rod with an open shaped arrow point and tail. The hours on the equatorial ring are raised bronze roman numerals with 15-minute intervals marked by bronze dots. The time marks are set for daylight saving time, with sunset at VII. Marks continue to VIII Photo Urbana #289 (Updated 06-07) Location: University of Illinois, east garden of President's house Remarks: Horizontal dial 14 inches diameter, with 5 inch tall gnomon. Sits on stone pedestal 40 x 40 x 42 inches. LAT. 40° 6' 40" marked on the dial plate is not the local latitude 40° 05' 52". Roman hour numerals from 4 am to 8 pm, one mark for every 15 minutes. EOT with meridian correction is shown by using 4 concentric circles. 3 Photos Weaton #589 (Updated 06-07) Location: 505 N County Farm Rd. By the pond. Remarks: Horizontal dial with 20 foot stainless steel gnomon. On the ground (dial face) are hour lines, analemma, date, and time before sunset. Built to commemorate DuPage County residents killed in military conflicts. 2 Photos |
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Bloomington #38 (Updated 03-02)
Location: Indiana University Campus, in front of Assembly Hall of the Baseball Arena Reference: Sky & Telescope, Feb 1979, p.138-40. Remarks: A small horizontal dial, about 18 inches in diameter. The dial plate is tilted 2 deg to the horizon to allow water run-off. However, more unusual is the base that contains a hand crank connected to a scalloped drum that tilts the entire dial to adjust for the Equation of Time. The drum is rotated to the current date and the drum edge pushes a cam that tilts the plane of the horizontal face so that standard time is indicated to within half a minute. The dial is actually mounted on an equatorial axis. Since 1979 the dial has gone into a state of disrepair and is overgrown by bushes. Photo Bloomington #336 Location: Indiana University Campus, adjacent to Maxwell Hall Remarks: An octagonal horizontal dial about 24 inches across. It is probably made of marble. The dial is plain, with Roman numerals. The gnomon is a simple open triangle of well aged brass. The base is an octagonal pillar surrounded by flowers. Photo Indianapolis #305 (Updated 07-07) Location: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1200 W. 38th St. Remarks: A whimsical bronze equatorial dial consisting of a boy watching a spider climb its web. The web forms the gnomon and the spider is the nodus. The dial plate includes analemmas and zodiac declination lines. 3 Photos Indianapolis #220 (Updated 07-07) Location: Crown Hill Cemetery, 700 W. 38th St. In front of Community Mausoleum. Remarks: VA five foot diameter donut-shaped full circle equatorial pierced by equally massive Indiana Limestone shaft as gnomon. Hour numerals are Arabic. Subdivided into 15 minute increments. EOT is given. Reported to be Indiana's largest equatorial dial. 2 Photos Indianapolis #276 (Updated 07-07) Location: White River State Park, NE of Pumphouse Visitors Center Remarks: A stainless steel triangular tube, upright, with triangular and trapezoidal cut-outs, placed in the center of a concrete circle, with a sundial face. May or may not be functional. Photo Lafayette #376 (Updated 02-00) Location: John T. Meyers Pedestrian Bridge, crossing the Wabash river connecting the cities of West Lafayette and Lafayette. Remarks: An 8 ft high equatorial sundial designed by David Aho. Made of welded stainless steel with a brass gnomon and brass equatorial arc dial. The 60 inch diameter equatorial dial is engraved. Dial was commissioned by the cities of Lafayette and West Lafayette in celebration of the Millennium. Terre Haute #586 (Updated 05-07) Location: Indiana State University North entrance to Stalker Hall Remarks: Via Solaris, a 20x15x4 foot granite, stainless steel and bronze calendrical dial showing yearly equinoxes and summer solstice. 2 Photos |
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Des Moines #484 (Updated 09-02)
Location: Glendale Cemetery, Masonic Section Remarks: Several horizontal dials. East dial is a small bronze dial, vandalized gnomon is missing; incorrect orientation. North dial is a 4 foot marble dial. Des Moines #483 (Updated 09-02) Location: On the campus of Drake University Remarks: A very large and striking horizontal dial 50 feet in diameter with a 15 foot metal gnomon. Hours are marked by bronze plaques and Roman numerals. Photo Des Moines #398 (Updated 06-00) Location: Science Center of Iowa, 4500 Grand Avenue Remarks: An analemmatic dial of cement with inlaid brass markings for the month. The visitor to the Science Center becomes the gnomon, standing on the current month marker and casting a shadow to the hour. Des Moines #106 (Updated 06-00) Location: West terrace of the Iowa State Capitol building Remarks: A beautiful horizontal brass dial 24 inches in diameter, cast onto a larger circle 28 inches in diameter. The dial has raised hour, half-hour, and 15-minute lines drawn in aesthetic proportions from 5 am to 7pm. Roman numerals are on the outer rim. In the center to the left and right of the gnomon is a table for the Equation of Time in 15 day increments. Photo West Des Moines #485 (Updated 09-02) Location: Resthaven Cemetery Remarks: Armillary sphere memorial, approximately 18 inches in diameter. Painted steel or bronze. West Des Moines #486 (Updated 09-02) Location: City Center Remarks: Stainless steel armillary sphere, approximately 8 feet in diameter. No numerals, slits for hour lines. |
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Dodge City #39 (Updated 06-03)
Location: Next to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train Station Remarks: Two horizontal dials side by side, one for Central Standard Time and one for Mountain Standard Time. Both dials are approximately 13 meters in diameter and corrected for longitude. The CST dial shows hour lines for 7 AM to 7 PM, the MST dial shows 6 AM to 6 PM. In front of the dials is a large concrete plaque with the equation of time and an analemma. The analemma has the small summer loop high, as it would be seen in the sky, but the months are indicated as if projected by the shadow of a gnomon i.e. reversed left to right with February and July to the right. The width is exaggerated, presumably to allow reading to minutes. Photo Lawrence #263 Location: Veterans Park, 19th & Louisiana Remarks: Horizontal in concrete and stainless steel. The original limestone gnomon and 'Eutin' flower were vandalized and replaced by stainless steel gnomon and cast concrete flower. Wichita #281 Location: A. Price Woodard, Jr. Memorial Park Remarks: Horizontal in bronze. Different size cogs put together like the inside of a clock with a sun dial flat on top. |
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Frankfort #90 (Updated 07-07)
Location: Coffee Tree Road, Near Frankfort KY. Remarks: The Kentucky Viet Nam Memorial. A monumental horizontal dial with a 89 x 79 foot granite face. On the face are the names of the 1,069 Kentucky soldiers fallen or missing in Viet Nam. As the sun moves across the sky, the shadow of the tip of the gnomon points to and covers the name of the dead on the date of their death. The shadow never crosses the names of the missing in action. 25 foot stainless steel gnomon. Designed by Helm Roberts in 1988. 3 Photos Link Lexington #606 (Updated 11-07) Location: Cul de Sac at end of Glendover Cove, off Glendover Road Remarks: A 14 foot diameter horizontal dial of granite, marble and limestone with shrubbery delineation in the center of a cul de sac street. The hour lines are shaped to include analemmas to correct for EOT and are adjusted for longitude and DST. The shadow of the tip of the gnomon traces declination lines for solstices and equinoxes. 2 Photos Louisville #234 (Updated 05-04) Location: Otter Creek Park Nature Center Remarks: Portable equatorial, set up and used for teaching a solar energy class. Photo Park City #314 (Updated 07-04) Location: 24122 Louisville Rd. at the Veterans Memorial Remarks: A beautiful horizontal dial 25 inches in diameter with a 9 inch gnomon. Has hour and half hour lines from 5 am to 7pm with 10 minute marks. South of the gnomon is an intricately engraved Great Seal of The United States of America. The dial is of Coconino sandstone and sits on a brick surround. 2 Photos |
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Lafayette #508 (Updated 10-03)
Location: Courtyard of Lafayette Middle School Remarks: An analemmatic dial about 15 x 20 feet of concrete raised slightly above the surrounding school yard. Edged in brick. The center line is brick inset with dates to each side. The hours are marked for both Central and Daylight time. Large cardinal points are at the edge of the dial. The dial is rugged yet fits with the modern design of the school. Photo New Orleans #237 Location: Joe Brown Park - 5600 Read Blvd. Remarks: Large horizontal in concrete, bronze and stainless steel. Pink oval concrete base with imprints of animal footprints. New Orleans #273 Location: New Orleans Botanical Gardens Remarks: Bronze equatorial dial consisting of a flat semi-circular shape sitting atop a low dome shape. At the bottom of the semi-circle on either side are two curved arms topped by a thin metal bar that crosses the semi-circle and rests on its top edge. The shadow cast by the bar on the plate gives the time of day. Shreveport #138 Location: Centenary College of Louisiana, in front of Brown Chapel Remarks: Horizontal, stone. Dial vandalized. Gnomon missing, apparently knocked off with some damage to horizontal dial plate. Dial bears Roman numerals, from IV to VIII. St. Francesville #394 (Updated 06-00) Location: Formal Garden of the Rosedown Plantation (National Registry), on Great River Road. Open 10am - 5pm (fee). Remarks: A small 9 inch diameter brass horizontal dial sits on top of a cast iron pedestal. The dial face is worn, but readable with Roman numerals and 5-minute graduations. The dial plate is rotated about 40 degrees east of North. To the south of the gnomon is a 2 1/2 inch diameter mirror with unknown use. To the left and right of the gnomon is scroll engraving of the equation of time. Photo |
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