Sundial 779
- Dial City: Windsor
- Dial State/Province: Ontario
- Dial Country: Canada
- Lat: 42° 19.240' N
- Dial Nr: 779
- Dial Type: Noon Mark or Meridian Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 83° 1.580' W
- Dial Owner: City of Windsor
- Dial Designer: Michele R. Di Malo
- Dial Maker: Bear Construction Company, Windsor
- Dial Date:
- Location:
- Bert Weeks Memorial Gardens South bank of Detroit River Riverside Drive East and Parent
- Description:
- A 12 foot high noon mark dial consisting of two closely spaced triangular vertical plates, a protruding needle and pairs of summer and winter solstice "wings" that together project a shadow onto the surrounding concrete deck within a 40 foot diameter reflecting pool. When the sun totally illuminates the narrow space between the vertical plates, it is local noon and the shadow cast by the protruding needle points true north. On the summer solstice, the shadow cast by the smaller, upper solstice wings will be at its narrowest width. On the winter solstice, the shadow cast by the lower solstice wings will be at its narrowest width.
Last Update:
6/14/2013 11:36