Fort Wayne  

 Sundial: 987
State/Province:  Indiana Country:  USA
Dial Type:  Horizontal Dial Condition:  Fair
  Latitude and Longitude: 41° 06.9645' N  85° 06.664' W
Location:
  • Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E Coliseum Blvd
    Dial is in dense shade in the Geo-garden located between Kettler Hall and the Science Building
 
Description:
  • This horizontal dial is 16 inches square, made of limestone with a brass gnomon. The gnomon angle is 30 deg, certainly not correct for the dial's latitude of 41 deg. Nonetheless, it appears that the dial was made for its site as the gnomon and dial numbers are rotated on the square to point due north. Arabic numerals mark time by hours from 8 am to 6 pm, with raised hour lines extending toward the gnomon. The equation of time is shown as a graph on one side of the plinth. The limestone is deteriorating with age and is now covered with lichen. The 3 and 4 pm numbers are nearly obliterated and in several more years many of the other hour numbers will vanish. The dial is situated under trees with little opportunity to see the sun.
 
General Information:Inscription:
  • Owner: Purdue University
  • On each side of the plinth:
    PUFW
    Class of 1978
    Class of 1980
    Equation of Time
  • Designer:
  • Builder:
  • Construction Date: 1978
 

Last Revised: 2019-09-11 13:05