Sundial 71
- Dial City: Johnson
- Dial State/Province: Vermont
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 44° 38.459' N
- Dial Nr: 71
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 72° 40.327' W
- Dial Owner: University of North Vermont, Johnson
- Dial Designer: Kate Pond
- Dial Maker: Kate Pond
- Dial Date: 1988
- Location:
- University of North Vermont, Johnson, on the campus green.
- Description:
- One of Kate Pond's first dials, a winning design for an 18 foot diameter dial that now resides on the University of North Vermont - Johnson green. Concrete, Stainless Steel. On the ground concrete paths mark the N-S and E-W axes. The gnomon is a 3 inch stainless steel pipe 9 feet long attached to a concrete base. The hours are marked with 1 foot diameter Vermont granite stones, and at the cardinal points are larger stone markers. Kenneth Leslie, Assistant Professor of Art, remarked, " I have the idea of a student sitting against the North marker, reading a newspaper for a noon class, and knowing it's time to leave when the shadow crosses his paper." Update 2019: The dial face has been substantially redesigned. Now there are slightly-raised stone blocks for each hour. The face of the dial was originally marked out as a cross that has been replaced with a simple circular slab of colored concrete.
- Other References:
- IAPS Listing, May 95.
- NYT Oct 9,1988.
- NASS Compendium Vol. 1 No. 2, p 16, May 1994
Last Update:
2019-06-06 20:38