Sundial 810
- Dial City: Elmira
- Dial State/Province: New York
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 42° 5.250' N
- Dial Nr: 810
- Dial Type: Sun Alignment
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 76° 50.417' W
- Dial Owner: Arnot Realty Corp
- Dial Designer: Athelstan Spilhaus
- Dial Maker: Metal Fabricators Brooklyn New York
- Dial Date: March 1977
- Location:
- 333 East Water Street Elmira, New York 14901 Centered in the Elmira Savings Bank Plaza
- Description:
- This solar alignment sculpture called the "Sun Triangle" is made of polished 1/8 inch stainless steel. Its leaning, 10 foot tall pedestal gives the mounted triangle a futuristic look of monumental size, where the tip of the triangle towers 34 feet above ground level. The selected triangle angles are described by the dial plaque, making solar alignments at noon on the equinoxes and summer/winter solstices. There are no line markings or hour indicators on the ground. However, the pedestal is bolted to a buried concrete block weighing approximately 16 tons.
- Inscription:
- The Sun Triangle The edges of the Sun Triangle point to positions of the sun at solar noon in Elmira The bottom edge points to the sun's lowest position on the winter solstice at noon about December 21st. The top edge points to the sun on the spring and fall equinoxes at noon about March 21st and September 23rd. The steepest edge points to the sun's highest position on the summer solstice at noon about June 21st.
- Dial References:
Sun_Triangle_of_Elmira.pdf
Last Update:
2015-11-30 15:51