Timeball Tower Trig, Point Gellibrand, Williamstown Victoria
Posted by: 
bucketeer
S 37° 52.013 E 144° 54.762
55H E 316399 N 5806901
An old trig point cut into the base stone of the Timeball Tower
Waymark Code: WM85JB
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 02/01/2010
Views: 54
The Timeball Tower was originally built as a lighthouse in 1849 and converted to a Timball Tower for mariners to set the ship's chronographers in 1861 when the adjacent observatory was built.
It served as a timeball tower until 1926, when the keeper died and no-one complained of it's absence, as ships where then using the radio broadcasts to set their chronographers.
The trig point is a ledge carved into the base stone of the tower and has an arrow below indicating it's position.
The offical name is of the station is CUT-PAW-PAW PM 346
Please include a photo of the ledge with you GPS as proof when logging a visit.
State: VIC
Map Name: Not listed
Map Scale: Not listed
Map Publisher: Not listed
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