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One o'clock!
Unknown, 1861, Lithograph
One o'clock!
One o'clock!
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Item no
470
Title
One o'clock! (time ball)
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1861
Size
30.5 x 22.7 cm
Type
Lithograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
In 1853 the 'Time-Ball' was installed on top of the Nelson Monument on Calton Hill. It drops every day at exactly 1pm, originally to give a time signal to ships in the Firth of Forth. From 1861 onwards this signal was accompanied with the firing of the One O'Clock Gun from Edinburgh Castle.
Calton Hill is situated at the east end of Princes Street in Edinburgh. It rises to a height of 108 metres (355 feet) and is another of the city's hills which is made of volcanic rock. It is now renowned for the collection of monuments which include the Nelson Monument, the National Monument (Edinburgh's disgrace), the City Observatory and also monuments to Duguld Stewart and William Playfair.
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