Time Ball Tower Museum, Deal
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Time Ball Tower Museum, Deal
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 14 Oct 2017
The tall building was built as a naval semaphore station during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1855 it was converted to a Greenwich time reference for shipping. The ball was raised and then dropped at 1 p.m., synchronized with Greenwich electrically via the railway telegraph. This was discontinued in 1927. It is now a museum. A grade II listed building.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.221867
Longitude
1.404003