Sundial 195
- Dial City: Edmonton
- Dial State/Province: Alberta
- Dial Country: Canada
- Lat: 53° 30.202' N
- Dial Nr: 195
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 113° 34.425' W
- Dial Owner: Fort Edmonton
- Dial Designer:
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: circa 2003
- Location:
- Fort Edmonton (historic reconstruction)
- Description:
- A horizontal dial of varnished wooden shaped as octagon, perhaps 24 in. across, 2 in. thick, with very thick wedge-shaped gnomon. Roman numerals carved at ends of hour lines. Dial sat atop a segment of tree trunk.
- Inscription:
- 'Tak tent 'o time ere time tak tent 'o thee' around rim
- Other References:
- "It was taken down because there was never any evidence that Fort Edmonton would have had, or needed, a sundial. These men and women worked as long as they could while there was still good lighting, until the work was done. There was no such thing as a 9 to 5 workday at nineteenth century fur trading posts."
Last Update:
2019-06-02 02:38