Time Balls and Guns

Connected Sites: 5

WHS from which regular time signals are "sent" (or where the equipment to do so still exists). The 2 forms of signal are a ball dropped from a visible point and/or a gun fired at a specific time.

Connected Sites

  • Edinburgh
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.00
    658
    17
    1pm A Time Gun From The Castle And Ball From Calton Hill
    See Www.Timegun.Org
  • St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg
    Russia
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.22
    358
    9
    At Noon From The St Peter And Paul Fortress
    See Www.Timegun.Org
  • Valletta
    Valletta
    Malta
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.76
    496
    10
    Saluting Battery Barracca Garden. Now Only On Saturdays At Noon.
    See Www.Timegun.Org
  • Nice
    Nice
    France
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.80
    406
    5
    "Since 1860 A Cannon (Based At The Château East Of Old Nice) Is Shot At Twelve O'Clock Sharp. The Detonation Can Be Heard Almost All Over The City. This Tradition Goes Back To Sir Thomas Coventry, Who Intended To Remind The Citizens Of Having Lunch On Time." Nowadays, The "Cannon Shot" Is In Reality A Pyrotechnic Burst Of Air, Signalling Midday To The Surrounding Area.
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Maritime Greenwich
    Maritime Greenwich
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.15
    538
    10
    At 1pm Since 1833 A Time Ball Is Dropped From Above Flamsteed House