Singleton Sundial - Singleton, NSW, Australia
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jinkson
S 32° 34.025 E 151° 09.763
56H E 327523 N 6395216
At one time the largest sundial in the world.
Waymark Code: WMDCZ4
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 12/27/2011
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To the Singleton Community the Sundial represents its bicentennial celebrations and it was the major feature of the Bicentennial Riverside Park Project. The sundial forms a gateway to the Hunter River, picnic areas and recreational & sporting facilities also developed in the 1988 bicentennial project.
Construction of the Sundial was financed by Lemington Coal Mine, a State Bicentennial Grant and generous contributions from mining, industry and community groups within and around Singleton. It stands as a visible link between the old and the new – an ancient method of time telling set in the midst of the new development in Singleton.
Friday March 20th 1987 saw the completion and official handing over of the Sundial to the people of Singleton and the presentation of a certificate of recognition for the Sundial being the largest in the world from the Guinness Book of Records.
Singleton’s Sundial is just under eight metres high and the gnomen (the part which casts the shadow) is twelve metres long.
It was built using thirty cubic meters of concrete and weighs approximately thirty tones. The surrounding sandstone terrace and flagstones are recycled from original convict hewn stone used in the early street construction of downtown Singleton.
2.5km of steel reinforcing was required in building the sundial.
The gnomen points due South and is parallel to the earths axis of rotation.
Located in Rose Point Park at the end of Gowrie Street, Singleton, NSW
Accessible at all times.
Sundial Type: Horizontal - Flat base, Ground or Pedestal mounted dial plate
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