Dark rain clouds around the time ball on the north eastern turret of the Octagon Room. The time ball was placed here in 1833 to signal the time to ships on the nearby River Thames so that their chronometers could be accurately set.

Date:
1945 - 1965
Location:
Royal Observatory, Greenwich Park, Greenwich, Greater London Authority, Se10
Reference:
AA007553
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Description

NO FORMER ID. AA001104 HAS FORMER ID OF A4

Content

This is part of the Series: RAW01/02 Negatives And Prints Of English Locations; within the Collection: RAW01 S W Rawlings Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Rawlings, Stanley William

Keywords

Stuart Observatory, Hanoverian Timeball Tower, Communications