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Corpus Christi
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Sundial: 1083
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| State/Province: Texas |
Country: USA |
| Dial Type: Horizontal Dial |
Condition: Fair |
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Latitude and Longitude: |
27° 41.467’ N 97° 16.000’ W |
| Location: |
- Naval Health Clinic
10651 E St, Corpus Christi, TX 78419
In the green space north of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi medical clinic
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| Description: |
- Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Corpus Christi Texas. 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.
Note that from 1930 on, the standard Farenholt gnomon design has a cut-out star.
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General Information: | Inscription: | | - Circling the top of the dial:
Per Aspera Ad Astera
(Through hardship to the stars)
South of the gnomon on the dial face:
UNITED STATES
NAVAL HOSPITAL
CORPUS CHRISTI
1940
Below the date is the initial "F" for Farenholt
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- Designer: RADM Ammen Farenholt
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- Builder: U.S. Navy Foundry
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| 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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Last Revised: 2022-12-17 19:30
