
Sundial, Neptune Marina - Ipswich, Suffolk
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N 52° 03.083 E 001° 09.484
31U E 373699 N 5768355
Quick Description: A sundial presented to the People of Ipswich by the Rotary Club, on Neptune Marina, Ipswich.
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 4/18/2015 2:02:08 AM
Waymark Code: WMNQ9V
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Long Description:"Modern stainless steel sundial in the form of a toothed wheel, the emblem of the Rotary Club, with a similar motif in the gnomon support. Arabic numerals show the time in BST from 6am to 8pm, in 30, 10 and 2 minute divisions. There is a 32-point compass rose at the centre and a degree scale around the perimeter, marked with a tooth of the wheel, and labelled, every 15 deg. The dial is inscribed : ‘Service Above Self / Presented to the People of Ipswich / by the four Rotary Clubs / Celebrating 100 years of Rotary 1905 – 2005'. The sundial is fitted to an octagonal stone top on a brick plinth, which carries an information plaque with an Equation of Timegraph. Latitude and Longitude is also indicated."
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