Sundial at Justice Center Hunterdon County
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chstress53
N 40° 30.743 W 074° 51.668
18T E 511764 N 4484638
At the Main entrance to the Justice Center, twin flagpoles stand as soldiers flanking a unique handcrafted sundial dedicated by the Board of Chosen Freeholders on Tuesday, May 27, 1997.The bronze sundial plate, cast in Pennington, contains three Latin words aimed at merging "the best of the past" with something new. "Aspice, which means "to look at or behold", is near the noon mark on the sundial, "Respice", which means "to look back", is by the morning hours, and "Prospice", which means "to loo
Waymark Code: WM8TG
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2006
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An intricately carved stainless steel arc is bounded by a cutout crescent moon which forms the highly polished vertical part of the sundial which casts a shadow on the sharp "sun's ray" lines marking the time of day according to Eastern Standard Time.
County Buildings and Maintenance Department removed a section of the paver stone walkway between the flagpoles and poured a three foot concrete base and inserted a metal rod to support the 700 lb. stone pedestal base which was made in Connecticut.
Anthony Cordasco is the accomplished metal artisan, who crafted the hand-wrought silver and pewter hollowware, ornamental ironware, and gold and silver jewelry. He is a recipient of a National Ornamental Metal Museum award and had one of his designs featured on both a commemorative medal and a PC Magazine cover. He is a systems programmer and court appointed mediator and was previously employed as a metalworking instructor, English teacher, and blacksmith. Along with his artistically creative wife, Julie Gerow, he is also active in Revolutionary War re-enactments. But most interesting is the fact that this is Cordasco's first sundial! According to Cordasco, the selection of books available on making sundials motivated him to write his own manuscript, complete with drawings, which he may publish himself. He said he wrote the book to better understand what he was doing and would enjoy teaching others.
Location coords are Exact
Sundial Type: Horizontal - Flat base, Ground or Pedestal mounted dial plate
Related Web Site: Not listed
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