Deal Timeball
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deal-timeball-266-9894172
title:
Deal Timeball
text:
The Deal Timeball is a Victorian maritime Greenwich Mean Time signal located on the roof of a waterfront four-storey tower in the coastal town of Deal, in Kent, England. It was established in 1855 by the Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy in collaboration with Charles V. Walker, superintendent of telegraphs for the South Eastern Railway Company. It was built by the Lambeth firm of engineers Maudslay and Field. The time ball, which, like the Greenwich time ball, fell at 1 pm precisely, and was
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description:
Historic time signal in Deal, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deal_Timeball
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date modified:
2023-08-19T10:45:21Z
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