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Edmonton
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Sundial: 195
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| State/Province: Alberta |
Country: Canada |
| Dial Type: Horizontal Dial |
Condition: No Longer Exists |
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Latitude and Longitude: |
53° 30.202' N 113° 34.425' W |
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- Fort Edmonton (historic reconstruction)
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| Description: |
- A horizontal dial of varnished wooden shaped as octagon, perhaps 24 in. across, 2 in. thick, with very thick wedge-shaped gnomon. Roman numerals carved at ends of hour lines. Dial sat atop a segment of tree trunk.
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General Information: | Inscription: | | - 'Tak tent 'o time ere time tak tent 'o thee' around rim
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- Construction Date: circa 2003
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| References: |
- "It was taken down because there was never any evidence that Fort Edmonton would have had, or needed, a sundial. These men and women worked as long as they could while there was still good lighting, until the work was done. There was no such thing as a 9 to 5 workday at nineteenth century fur trading posts."
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Last Revised: 2019-06-02 02:38
