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Traverse City |
Michigan |
USA |
Analemmatic Dial |
494 |
| This beautiful analemmatic dial was built as part of the American Society of Landscape Architects' 100 years/100 Parks project. A colored concrete pad was poured on the north/south axis and scored joints for each month. Stainless steel plates show the name of the months. On either side of the concrete pad are dry laid flagstones with creeping th... |
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Taos |
New Mexico |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
493 |
| A copper and bronze horizontal dial about 15 x 15 inches. The dial was built by the Rocky Mountain Youth Corp, an organization the helps direct the energies of "at risk" youth. Base of dial is clad with 2x4 inch glazed tiles made by all the 5th graders in town. There is a compass rose around the base and on dedication day, an area of wet cement ... |
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Hamilton |
Ontario |
Canada |
Vertical Dial |
492 |
| On the outside south wall of the library, about 15 feet above the ground is a vertical dial about one meter square. Dial is declined 18 deg 6 min west. The 1pm and 8pm numbers are missing. The dial is stone with aluminum gnomon and numbers. |
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Des Moines |
Iowa |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
486 |
| This large horizontal dial is approximately 6-foot square with a 4-foot gnomon. The dial face is done in two tones of marble. Time is indicated by radiating hour lines to nearly the dial's edge and graced with Roman numerals. The gnomon has an emblem of the masonic star on west side, and the masonic square and compass on the east side. |
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West Des Moines |
Iowa |
USA |
Armillary Sphere |
485 |
| This is a 24-inch armillary sphere on top of a portion of a brass globe showing continents and latitude lines o The dial points generally south, aligned for beauty, not function. The base is aligned to a general northern direction. The time equatorial band, meridian circle and improper horizontal band are painted black. Elegant polished brass Ara... |
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Des Moines |
Iowa |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
484 |
| A small 8-inch diameter dial of bronze with black background and highly polished Roman numbers and hour lines. An eight-point compass rose, equally well polished occupies the majority of the center. The gnomon is missing. The dial plate is set at an incorrect orientation. The dial sits on a 4-foot high fluted granite column. |
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Des Moines |
Iowa |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
483 |
| A very large and striking horizontal dial 50 feet in diameter with a 15 foot tall metal gnomon. Dial has standard time marked in brass Roman numerals and daylight saving time in smaller circular brass discs with Arabic numerals. The 16 large granite markers radiating from the center are artistic effect only and to not mark time. This large mon... |
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Palo Alto |
California |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
482 |
| A vertical declining dial approximately 45 x 55 inches. Made of aluminum and brass. Shows the hours from 8 am to 5 pm using analemmas. Analemmas are bounded by the summer and winter solstices and a straight line through them shows the equinox. Daylight time is shown using Roman numerals, with standard time shown in Arabic. In keeping with the mott... |
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Honolulu |
Hawaii |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
481 |
| An elegant vertical declining and reclining dial built on the sloping face of a large lava boulder. Total size of the dial is 4 1/2 x 6 feet and uses a half-inch thick copper gnomon 6 x 10 inches. Hour lines and numerals at 9, 12, and 3 are of brass. The dial is corrected for longitude and was designed to fit its deep valley location and orien... |
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De Dedo |
Guam |
USA |
Analemmatic Dial |
480 |
| This analemmatic dial approximately 10 x 20 feet set into concrete. At the low latitude of Guam, the gnomon standing spot extends outside to ellipse of hour markers. Between April and September the shadows are very short near the noon hour and are difficult to read. |
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Council Bluffs |
Iowa |
USA |
Obelisk or Vertical Gnomon |
479 |
| Vertical gnomon casting its shadow onto a plaza in front of the city library. Modernistic design.
This dial has been scheduled for removal as of October, 2010 due to cracking and to make more green space. |
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Edinburg |
Texas |
USA |
Obelisk or Vertical Gnomon |
478 |
| A vertical gnomon 19.58 feet tall projects its shadow onto a modernistic courtyard. The courtyard has inlays showing the hour corrected for the equation of time, give a sinuous set of curves to the hour lines. |
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Colima |
Colima |
Mexico |
Equatorial Dial |
477 |
| A bright bronze equatorial sundial with a stainless steel equatorial band. The gnomon has an analemma for the correction of time and a colorful sunburst near the northern end of the rod. |
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Santa Rosa |
California |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
476 |
| This bronze horizontal dial is about 14in (356cm) in diameter with simple hour lines radiating from the gnomon foot to the circumference where Roman hour numbers mark the hours from 5am to 7pm The dial stands in the middle of a bronze lotus flower about 80in (2m) in the round. |
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Greenfield |
Massachusetts |
USA |
Hours to Sunset Dial |
475 |
| A 5 foot diameter pink Canadian granite horizontal hours-until-sunset dial. The 8 inch thick granite slab weighs 2000 pounds and rests on a short recessed pedestal, appearing to float above the grass dome of a memorial garden. Lines for hour periods 2-12 are marked with Arabic numerals. The gnomon is a 3/8 inch brass rod protruding 4 inches above t... |
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New London |
Connecticut |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
473 |
| A horizontal dial of striking modern design about 24 inches in diameter. The dial face is granite with milled wedges, leaving hour lines from 6 am to 6 pm. Hours are represented by small round bronze markers. The gnomon is of unusual design. When installed, the gnomon had a vertical glass plate below the style. The dial doubled as a fountain -... |
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Amherst |
Nova Scotia |
Canada |
Horizontal Dial |
472 |
| A Centennial Dial for Amherst, this is a square horizontal dial with clean design about 18 x 18 inches. The dial face and triangular gnomon are cast bronze sitting upon a granite pedestal. The dial has hour lines and Roman numerals from IIII (morning) to VIII (evening) and tick marks for the quarter hours. An accompanying display explains the fu... |
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Cocoa |
Florida |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
471 |
| This is a simple equatorial dial 58 inches wide and 49.5 inches high. Because of the low latitude, the 6 inch wide equatorial band has Roman hour markings only from 7am to 5 pm. The gnomon is a thin, unadorned rod. The dial base is a square box with canted top to the Florida latitude, supporting the equatorial cross members. |
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Monticello |
Virginia |
USA |
Globe or Scaphe Dial |
470 |
| A replica of Jefferson's lost dial, which he recounted in 1817, "My dial captivates every body foreign as well as home-bred, as a handsome object & accurate measurer of time." Made according to Jefferson's design, the replica dial is a 10 1/2 inch painted wood sphere with horizontal lines drawn for the equator, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Long... |
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Pinawa |
Manitoba |
Canada |
Horizontal Dial |
469 |
| The Pinawa Heritage Sundial located in the center of town was constructed as a city wide effort to create pride and focus. The 17.5 foot high horizontal sundial has a gnomon constructed of steel and the 38.5 by 40.5 foot base is constructed of polished granite, rail, and granite stones. The sundial has two sets of time markers. An outer dial ri... |
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Big Bay |
Ontario |
Canada |
Analemmatic Dial |
467 |
| This is a nicely constructed analemmatic dial, made of concrete, stone and ceramic tile. The hour markers are a series of small posts set in a continuous elliptical path with a 6 meter major axis and 4 meter minor axis. The sundial is located in a field next to a megalithic henge at Keppel Croft Farm and Gardens. |
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Thunder Bay |
Ontario |
Canada |
Analemmatic Dial |
466 |
| A very well constructed analemmatic dial about 24 by 11 feet. The dial may be difficult to find, since it is in the center of a field that is devoted to wild grass of the area. Cement markers are used to show the hours and for the central base showing the months where to stand. The hourly markers are corrected for the longitude of Thunder Bay. T... |
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Tucson |
Arizona |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
465 |
| A simple square horizontal dial 20 x 20 inches carved in a 3 inch block of granite with a bronze gnomon. The dial has hour lines from 6am to 6pm for local solar time. No graph or table for longitude and Equation of Time corrections. Dial sits atop a 3 foot square pedestal. |
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Tucson |
Arizona |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
464 |
| A horizontal sundial 45 x 61 inches with a monofilar brass cable gnomon and tension counterweight. This is the largest horizontal sundial in the US carved on a single piece of stone, taking two years to build. The dial has hour lines from 5am to 8pm, corrected for longitude. Each hour line has an analemma and in the lower right of the dial is a g... |
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Ithaca |
New York |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
463 |
| A horizontal sundial made from a an irregular slab of stone approximately 18 x 24 inches. The hour markings are inscribed in the form of an arrow pointing to the 12 o'clock hour and the gnomon is a thin blade. In keeping with the herb garden's design, maker and designer Michael Sweeney used native materials of stone for the dial and pedestal. Th... |
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Bethesda |
Maryland |
United States |
Horizontal Dial |
462 |
| Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands. This cast bronze dial was designed and commissioned by RADM Farenholt for U.S. Naval Hospitals at bases where he was commanding officer, visited, or had special meaning to him. The dial is 18 inches (46cm) in diameter. The outer chapter ring has the motto, followed by a chap... |
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Bethesda |
Maryland |
United States |
Horizontal Dial |
461 |
| Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Brooklyn NY. This cast bronze dial was designed and commissioned by RADM Farenholt for U.S. Naval Hospitals at bases where he was commanding officer, visited, or had special meaning to him. The dial is 18 inches (46cm) in diameter. The outer chapter ring has the motto, followed by a chapter ring with Arabi... |
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Tenango de Doria |
Hidalgo |
Mexico |
Vertical Dial |
459 |
| A very striking vertical reclining dial 85 x 115 cm created from hand painted tiles, each individually fired in a kiln and assembled at Tenango de Doria by David Canyedo. In addition to hour lines, the dial includes declination lines for the solstices and equinox. The dial includes constellation maps of both the northern and southern hemispheres,... |
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Bullhead City |
Arizona |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
458 |
| This horizontal dial is an engraved flagstone approximately 42 inches in diameter designed by John Carmichael. The monofilar gnomon is a stranded brass cable that extends upward to a height of 18 inches and is held taught by a rock counterweight. Hour lines and direction of sunrise and sunset for the equinoxes and solstices are given. Also has ... |
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Casa Grande |
Arizona |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
457 |
| This horizontal dial is an engraved flagstone approximately 40 inches in diameter designed by John Carmichael. The monofilar gnomon is a stranded brass cable that extends upward to a height of 15 inches and is held taught by a rock counterweight. The engraved stone shows time marks to 5 minutes, corrected for longitude. Time and direction of sun... |
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Tucson |
Arizona |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
456 |
| This is a 10 x 10 foot south vertical wall dial with hour lines painted on the wall that are corrected for longitude. A unique feature of this dial is the time scale can be rotated forward or back slightly to compensate for the Equation of Time. However, because only the hours are marked, precise minute reading is difficult. Welded steel was use... |
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Halifax |
Nova Scotia |
Canada |
Horizontal Dial |
455 |
| This bronze horizontal dial is approximately 25 cm across on a one-meter high pedestal. Both the dial and dedication plate have a blue-green patina. The gnomon is slightly bent and appears to have been re-attached to the dial. The orientation remains true. Roman numerals mark the hours from 5 am to 7 pm. Hour lines plus half-hour marks. The con... |
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Juneau |
Alaska |
USA |
Analemmatic Dial |
454 |
| Painted on a downtown sidewalk is an analemmatic sundial for public use. The 25 x 20 foot sundial was organized as a community project. Eden Orelove, niece of designer Michael Orelove said, "We wanted to get as many school classes and local volunteer organizations involved as possible." Groups were invited to join the project by painting the hou... |
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Mexico City |
Distrito Federal |
Mexico |
Horizontal Dial |
453 |
| A triangular based horizontal dial with a triangular moat. The outer triangular sides are approximately 12 feet (4 meters). The dial and moat are built of concrete, with an aluminum or sheet metal gnomon about 150 cm. On the dial are metal pyramids to indicate hours. The sundial was donated by the Tecnologico de Monterrey University. |
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Las Cruces |
New Mexico |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
452 |
| A large equatorial dial with steel gnomon. The massive dial is set simply on a set of tiered platforms. The inner tiers are rotated from the outer to align to the cardinal points. Elsie Raye Rigney Carr and Dr. Jesse Lawrence Carr gave the dial to the university in 1975 in memory of Raye Hines Rigney, Class of 1911. |
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Elizabethtown |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
451 |
| A 4x4 foot marble vertical dial declining 25° east of south with a copper gnomon, located above the center entrance of the Grand Lodge Hall and overlooking the formal garden of the Masonic Village of Elizabethtown. The dial face includes hour lines with half hour and ten minute marks and Roman numerals. An inscription, "ANNO DOMINI MCMXII" is loca... |
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Kingston |
Ontario |
Canada |
Vertical Dial |
450 |
| A square pillar of limestone rocks 4 foot on a side and 15 feet high with a small bowl and sphere on top hold two vertical dials each 2x2 feet. The pillar faces are oriented SE and SW allowing for two declining dials. The dials are of solid brass and have hour lines with Arabic numbers in a modern design belying by the stonework of the pillars.... |
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Ottawa |
Ontario |
Canada |
Globe or Scaphe Dial |
449 |
| This hemispherium dial is a dramatic modern sculpture. The 32 inch quarter hemisphere is carved into the edge of a 40 inch cube of dark granite tilted to conform to its latitude of 45.5° , and set upon a rough concrete pedestal of slightly smaller dimension. The gnomon is a
thin metal arrow protruding from the top face of the dark granite block t... |
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Calgary |
Alberta |
Canada |
Equatorial Dial |
448 |
| A steel and brass equatorial dial 49 inches in diameter. The dial simulates an armillary sphere with two crossed semi-circles in a modernistic sculpture. There is a slot in the gnomon that projects a sun line and corrects for the equation of time; the gnomon is turned over at the solstice. Fine adjustments are required near the solstice to show ... |
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Bloomington |
Minnesota |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
447 |
| An Erickson Monument polar equatorial dial of light granite, approximately 5 feet (1.5m) in diameter and 6 inches (15cm) thick. The gnomon shaft is steel, 3 inches (7.5cm) in diameter, extending from the ground through the dial plate and outward another 18 inches (46cm). The base is a simple tier of raised concrete. 24 hours of radiating lines ar... |
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Port Arthur |
Texas |
USA |
Equatorial Dial |
446 |
| A large Erickson Monument polar equatorial dial of light colored granite, approximately 6 feet in diameter and 6 inches thick. The gnomon shaft is steel, extending from the ground through the dial plate and outward another two feet. The base is a simple tier of raised concrete. 24 hours are inscribed on each side of the dial (summer and winter)... |
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Lewisburg |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Cylindrical Dial |
445 |
| A large, ornate equatorial dial of brass sits outside the physics department building. The dial is approximately 8 ft (2.4m) across. Two pillars with brass balls support the dial plate. Two more pillars with ball support the gnomon wire. To add a flourish, the north most pillar and ball have a spread eagle holding the gnomon wire in its mouth. ... |
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Wilmot |
Ohio |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
444 |
| The Wilderness Center Sundial is large horizontal dial with a 6-foot steel gnomon approximately 27 inches thick. The base is done in slate with copper numbers. |
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Newburyport |
Massachusetts |
USA |
Armillary Sphere |
443 |
| This 4-ft (1.2m) diameter armillary sphere is made of galvanized, painted and gold leafed steel. The dial was forged and welded by Cassidy Brothers Forge. It was "Colorgalvanized" by Duncan Industries and gold leafed. It was made to specifications from Albert Waugh's book on sundials, including latitude and longitude corrections. The sundial is ... |
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Watertown |
New York |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
442 |
| The vertical dial is on one face of a ornamental rectangular display raised on pole at the edge of the street at Key Bank Clock Plaza. The dial is approximately 2-foot square with an ornate gnomon having a "key" cutout. The dial was moved from another location to the present pole and restored. The dial is made of copper or bronze. Nearby is a pl... |
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Somerville |
Massachusetts |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
441 |
| This 5 foot x 7 foot vertical dial is painted onto the true south facing concrete wall of a commercial building. The gnomon and hour lines appear to be weathered copper or bronze. The hour lines are corrected for longitude, but may be in error by about 5 minutes. The dial is in relatively good condition, but the painted numerals are fading. The ... |
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Black Rock City |
Nevada |
USA |
Sculpture or Artwork |
439 |
| The Pyrolarium was a sundial designed for the Burning Man Festival (1999) to shoot exploding mortars into the sky at each hour of the day. The structure was 12 feet in diameter and nearly 18 feet high. On an upper platform out of the reach of people were a series of tubes loaded with black powder. Around the perimeter of the platform were a set ... |
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Pittsford |
New York |
USA |
Vertical Dial |
438 |
| This old vertical north facing dial in on the Spring House, constructed circa 1822. The building was an old Erie Canal Inn. The dial is about 48 inches high by 30 inches wide, made of wood and painted with a white boarder. The gnomon is also white painted wood and "looks upside down" because the dial faces north. The dial and gnomon have been... |
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Hollidaysburg |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
437 |
| This is a large horizontal dial 10 feet in diameter, constructed of marble with a steel gnomon. The sundial was donated in honor of Courtney Leigh Clayton and is open to the public as part of the beautiful Discovery Garden. |
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Pittsburgh |
Pennsylvania |
USA |
Horizontal Dial |
436 |
| Horizontal dial about 24 inches in diameter. The stone pedestal is decorated with bronze plaques and Veterans of Foreign War seals on each of the four sides. Now has an open metal base
Lost its gnomon in 1982. Was moved to current site from Memorial Hall when a parking lot was built 1989-91. Now dial has been removed.
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