Newport  

 Sundial: 1077
State/Province:  Rhode Island Country:  USA
Dial Type:  Horizontal Dial Condition:  Good
  Latitude and Longitude: 41° 30.233’ N  71° 19.333’ W
Location:
  • US Naval Health Clinic, New England
    43 Smith Road
    Newport, RI 02841-1002

    Formerly located at US Naval Hospital, Newport, Rhode Island
 
Description:
  • Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Newport Rhode Island. 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 quatrefoil 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. Dial sits atop a circular stone pedestal with beveled capital.

    This sundial as well as other Naval Hospital dials was commissioned by Admiral Ammen Farenholt (retired 1936) through two world wars. Captain Murray Norcross, Medical Corps, USN, Director of Heath Services, led a 2006 effort to restore the 1924 NH Newport sundial at its new location by the water in front of the health clinic.
 
General Information:Inscription:
  • Owner: U.S. Navy
  • Circling the top of the dial:
    “Dum Spectas Fugio”
    (Watching as time flies)

    South of the gnomon:
    UNITED STATES
    NAVAL HOSPITAL
    NEWPORT
    RHODE ISLAND
    1924
  • Designer: RADM Ammen Farenholt
  • Builder: US Naval Foundry
  • Construction Date: 1924
 
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

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