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Timeball Towers

Once used to allow ships in port to get the accurate local time and hence calculate longitude, technology has caught up with these.

A handful around the world are maintained for their heritage value.

Semaphore South Australia
Semaphore South Australia
Brisbane Queensland
Brisbane Queensland
Williamstown Victoria
Williamstown Victoria
Cape Town South Africa
Cape Town South Africa
Greenwich, United Kingdom
Greenwich, United Kingdom
Situated on the Greenwich Meridian this is the origin of time.
   

 

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