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Time Balls Around The World

Today there are over sixty time balls standing, though many of these are no longer operational. The existing stations include those at:

  • Deal, Kent
  • The Old Windmill, Brisbane, Australia
  • Fremantle, Western Australia
  • Gdańsk, Poland (The time ball was installed in 1876, moved to the Danzig (now Gdańsk) lighthouse in 1894, and removed in 1929. In 2008 it was reconstructed from original plans)
  • Greenwich Observatory
  • Clock Tower, Brighton, East Sussex (originally operated hourly, but was later stopped as it was too noisy)
  • Nelson's Monument on Calton Hill, Edinburgh
  • Point Gellibrand, Victoria
  • Sydney Observatory, Australia
  • Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
  • United States Naval Observatory
  • Titanic Memorial, New York
  • Citadelle of Quebec, Quebec City
  • Semaphore, South Australia


  • Nelson's Monument, Edinburgh, UK

  • United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., US

  • Deal Timeball, Deal, UK

  • Gdańsk, Poland

  • Gothenburg, Sweden

  • Clock tower, Brighton, UK

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