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Coalinga
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Sundial: 764
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| State/Province: California |
Country: USA |
| Dial Type: Horizontal Dial |
Condition: Excellent |
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Latitude and Longitude: |
36° 9.393' N 120° 20.932' W |
| Location: |
- Coalinga Centennial Park
El Rancho Blvd. at Posa Chanet Blvd.
Coalinga
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| Description: |
- A 26 inch diameter hand-carved, lacquer-coated beige sandstone horizontal dial set flush in a massive cast concrete pedestal. Dial has a thick stone gnomon, hour, half-hour and quarter-hour lines with Arabic ST hour numerals corrected for longitude. Face is marked with symbols showing sunrise and sunset times on solstices and equinoxes and with location coordinates. Dial face includes a hand carved graphic of a Valley Oak tree, symbolic of the San Joaquin Valley dial location.
The dial is embedded in a three foot cube cast concrete pedestal bearing a bas relief image of a horned toad, mascot of the Coalinga High School and the city centennial dates 1906 - 2006.
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General Information: | Inscription: | | - COALINGA CENTENNIAL 1906 2006
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- Designer: John Carmichael and Glenn Mitchell
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- Builder: John Carmichael and City of Coalinga
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Last Revised: 7/30/2012 10:25
