Timeball Tower, Semaphore, South Australia - Time Signals on Waymarking.com

There were once at least two other timeball structures in South Australia, in Port Pirie and Port Adelaide, but both were mounted on existing buildings

The ball was raised manually to halfmast at five minutes to 1pm, and to the masthead at three minutes to 1pm – a total distance of 13 feet. t. The ball was then dropped by electric command from the Adelaide Observatory at precisely 1pm.

In 1992, the Tower was restored and a mechanism installed that operates the Time Ball by electric motor. The ball still drops at 1pm daily.

Type: Time Ball In service: yes Time of signal: 13:00 Year established (if known): 1857 Year decommissioned (if applicable): 1932 Address: Corner of Semaphore Road and The Esplanade, Semaphore SA 5019 Weblink (if any): Not listed

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