Sundial 221
- Dial City: Lake Buena Vista
- Dial State/Province: Florida
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 28° 21.924' N
- Dial Nr: 221
- Dial Type: Gnomonic or Projection Dial
- Dial Access: Paid Admission
- Lon: 81° 31.274' W
- Dial Owner: Disney Corp.
- Dial Designer: Arata Isozaki with calculations by Ross McCluney
- Dial Maker: Holder Construction Company, Atlanta
- Dial Date: 1990
- Location:
- Team Disney Building 1375 East Buena Vista Drive, Orlando, FL 32830
- Description:
- Conical dial 120 ft. high, 122 ft. diameter at base and has an 85 ft circular opening to the sky. In the middle of the opening is a spherical nodus that casts its shadow into the concrete structure. According to the Guinness Book of Records in 1995, this is the world's largest sundial. Designed by Isozaki and calculated by Ross McCluney, the sundial is a large truncated, slanted cone, with hour markings on the inside. McCluney was NASS's first president.
- Other References:
- Engineering News Record, July 5, 1990. p.17.
- NASS Compendium Dec 1995, Vol.2 No. 4
Last Update:
2019-02-09 17:13