FD Navigationsskolan - Stockholm, Danmark
N 59° 19.009 E 018° 05.173
34V E 334171 N 6578958
The Navigation school in Stockholm was built in 1907, incidentally on the former gallows hill
Waymark Code: WM14NVE
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date Posted: 08/02/2021
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The navigation school was built in 1907, incidentally on the former gallows hill.
At the top of the Navigation School's 25 meter high tower is a signal mast equipped with a time ball. The location of the navigation school on the hill has made it easy for the ships to see the Time Ball. It was dropped every day at 1 p.m. The Time Signal has been in use between 1907 and 1936.
A blue plaque from 2018 is located on the right side of the entrance stairs. The text is written in both Swedish and English.
Text on the plaque:
The building was designed by Georg Ringström as a nautical training collage and dates from 1907. On the top of the tower is a signal mast equipped with a time ball. The ball was dropped at specified intervals to communicate the exact time to ships in the harbour. Navigation was dependent on marine chronometers showing accurate time.
Blue Plaque managing agency: Samfundet S:t Erik
Individual Recognized: FD Navigationsskolan
Physical Address:
Stigbergsgatan 30
Stockholm,
Web Address: Not listed
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