Portsmouth  

 Sundial: 1082
State/Province:  New Hampshire Country:  USA
Dial Type:  Horizontal Dial Condition:  Good
  Latitude and Longitude: 43° 04.783’ N  70° 43.783’ W
Location:
  • 2 Wentworth Street Visitor Control Center
    Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
    Kittery, ME 03904

    Dial is at the SE of the Old Naval Hospital overlooking the baseball field.
 
Description:
  • Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Portsmouth New Hampshire. This cast bronze dial was designed and commissioned by RADM Farenholt for U.S. Naval Hospitals at bases where he was commanding officer, visited, or had special meaning to him. The dial is 18 inches (46cm) in diameter. The outer chapter ring has the motto, followed by a chapter ring with Arabic hours 6am to 6pm, raised hour lines that radiate from near the foot of the gnomon and short half-hour lines. The gnomon has graceful curves and a star cut-out in the center. Below the gnomon is the naval command name, followed by the commissioning date in the southern portion of the hours chapter ring.
 
General Information:Inscription:
  • Owner: U.S. Navy
  • Circling the top of the dial:
    Post Nubila Phoebus
    (After clouds, the sun)

    South of the gnomon on dial face:
    UNITED STATES
    NAVAL HOSPITAL
    PORTSMOUTH
    NEW HAMPSHIRE
    1933

    Below date: "AF" for RADM Ammen Farenholt
  • Designer: RADM Ammen Farenholt
  • Builder: U.S. Navy Foundry
  • Construction Date: 1933
 
References:
  • Farenholt Sundials
    #181 US NH Annapolis MD
    #258 US Naval Center Bethesda MD
    #461 US NH Brooklyn (Walter Reed, Bethesda MD)
    #462 US NH Pearl Harbor (At Walter Reed)
    #1014 US NH Parris Island SC (Beaufort SC)
    #1076 US NH Mare Island CA
    #1077 US NH Newport RI
    #1078 US NH Puget Sound WA (Bremerton, WA)
    #1079 US NH San Diego CA
    #1080 US Naval Ammo Depot (Hawthorne, NV)
    #1081 US Naval Air Station CA
    #1082 US NH Portsmouth NH
    #1083 US NH Corpus Christi TX

Last Revised: 2022-12-17 19:07