San Diego  

Sundial: 1079
State/Province:  California Country:  USA
Dial Type:  Horizontal Dial Condition:  Good
  Latitude and Longitude: 32° 43.700’ N  117° 08.683’ W
Location:
  • Balboa Naval Medical Center
    34800 Bob Wilson Drive,
    San Diego, California

    Dial is located at entrance by the anchor
 
Description:
  • Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital San Diego California. 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 original had a trefoil cut-out in the center. The restored gnomon has an irregular cut-out based on a photo of the original gnomon's shadow. Below the gnomon is the naval command name, followed by the commissioning date in the southern portion of the hours chapter ring. Dial has been restored, now having a gold luster.

    Commander Ammen Farenholt was the first Senior Medical Officer of the War Dispensary in Balboa Park, San Diego, in 1917. The facility was redesignated as Naval Hospital San Diego in 1919.

    Dial was originally located at the old Naval Hospital, at the convergence of the two sidewalks at the main gate. This was at 32 deg 43’ 30” N, 117deg 08’ 55” W
 
General Information:Inscription:
  • Owner: U.S. Navy
  • Circling the top of the dial:
    Horas Pasadas No Trabajan Vada
    (Past hours do not do any work)
  • Designer: RADM Ammen Farenholt
  • Builder: U.S. Naval Foundry
  • Construction Date: 1924
 
References:
  • Farenholt Sundials
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    #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: 2022-12-16 11:05