Sundial 237
- Dial City: New Orleans
- Dial State/Province: Louisiana
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 30° 1.793' N
- Dial Nr: 237
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 89° 58.065' W
- Dial Owner: New Orleans Botanical Garden
- Dial Designer: Brian Borello
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: 1991
- Location:
- Joe Brown Memorial Park 5601 Read Boulevard. Dial is located on the nature trail just south of where Nature Center Drive turns into Waterford St. The 163 acre park is open 6am to 10pm.
- Description:
- This large horizontal sundial sits on a slightly pink concrete egg-shaped base 24 x 17.5 feet. This dais is nearly at ground level. The gnomon is an elegant stainless steel blade approximately 8 feet high sitting at the widest part of the dais, with hours marked around the dais edge with small bronze animals at each hour from 6am to 6pm. For example the noon hour is represented by a turtle.
- Other References:
- IAPS Listing, May 95
- Times-Picayune (New Orleans), June 19m 91, p.E-10.
Last Update:
2016-11-25 20:44