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
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Nelson's Monument, Edinburgh, UK
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United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., US
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Deal Timeball, Deal, UK
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Gdańsk, Poland
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Gothenburg, Sweden
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Clock tower, Brighton, UK
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