Sundial 54
- Dial City: St. Louis
- Dial State/Province: Missouri
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 38° 38.097' N
- Dial Nr: 54
- Dial Type: Vertical Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 90° 16.816' W
- Dial Owner: City of St. Louis
- Dial Designer: Mel Meyer
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: 1989
- Location:
- The Korean War Memorial, north east corner of the intersection of Wells Dr and McKinley Dr, near Union Dr. at Jewel Box, Forest Park
- Description:
- This modernistic vertical south declining dial was designed by Mel Meyer and installed in 1989. The dial is an 8 by 10 foot stainless steel sundial with ribbed hour lines. No numerals are used. The gnomon is a solid triangle 3.5 inches wide by 85 inches high.
- Inscription:
- Plaque: "IT'S ABOUT TIME" "This unique sculpture is a precise sundial. Unique as an upright sundial is, it symbolizes this community's response to the need to remember forever our veterans of the Korean War. We genuinely remember and respect these veterans, living and dead."
- Other References:
- St. Louis Sundial Trail
- http://dls-website.com/hobbies/Sundials/StLouisSundialTrail_Site7.htm
Last Update:
2018-01-27 12:27