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Sign: London - Sundial at Tower Hill Station


Address:
Tower Hill Underground station London, UK
Category:
Special site
City:
London For all manhole covers in London
Country:
United Kingdom For all manhole covers in United Kingdom
Shape:
Circle
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Ground
Tags:
Clocks Edwin Russell  London Underground (Tube)
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On the sign:
THE TOWER HILL SUNDIAL WAS COMMISSIONED BY LONDON UNDERGROUND LIMITED AND UNVEILED BY DENIS TUNNICLIFFE ON 3RD AUGUST 1992
THE TIME SHOWN BY THE SUNDIAL VARIES FROM CLOCK TIME BY SIXTEEN MINUTES AT THE MOST. THIS VARIATION IS KNOWN AS THE EQUATION OF TIME. TO OBTAIN CLOCK TIME DURING THE WINTER MONTHS DEDUCT ONE HOUR FROM THE SHADOW READING.

DESIGNED BY JOHN CHITTY, ARCHITECT WITH EDWIN RUSSELL, SCULPTOR, IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIKE DUFFIE, PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT, LONDON UNDERGROUND LIMITED

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Photography:
2023
Eli Zvuluny
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Comments:
The sundial launched in 1992, was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

The dial is in the center of the clock.
Around the clock designed by John Chitty and Edwin Russell, there are reliefs depicting events in the history of London from 43 AD.

Below is the detail of the reliefs:
LONDON
AD43 - 1992
River Thames
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43 - ROMAN CONQUEST
LONDON FOUNDED
60 - FIRST LONDON BRIDGE
60 - POPULATION 30,000
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Queen Boudicca was the head of a Celtic tribe that led a rebellion against the Roman rule that ruled Britain.
61 - CITY DESTROYED BY QUEEN BOUDICCA
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190-220 - CITY WALLS BUILT
200 - POPULATION 20,000
604 - ST PAULS CATHEDRAL FOUNDED
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896 - CITY WALLS RESTORED BY ALFRED THE GREAT
981 - FIRE
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1066 - TOWER OF LONDON FOUNDED
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1085 - WESTMINSTER ABBEY CONSE CREATED
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1136 AND 1106 - LONDON DESTROYED BY FIRE
1189 - FIRST LORD MAYOR
1200 - POPULATION 25,000
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1209 - FIRST STONE LONDON BRIDGE
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1349 - BLACK DEATH 35,417 DIE
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1387 - PEASANTS REVOLT
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1397-1419 DICK WHITTINGTON FOUR TIMES LORD MAYOR
1400 - POPULATION 45,000
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1411 - GUILDHALL REBUILT
1500 - POPULATION 75,000
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1585 - SHAKESPEARE ARRIVES IN LONDON
1598-9 - GLOBE THEATRE BUILT
1600 - POPULATION 220,000
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1603 - PLAGUE 35,000 PERISH
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1605 - GUNPOWDER PLOT
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1625 - PLAGUE 30,000 PERISH
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1642 - CIVIL WAR
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1649 - CHARLES I EXECUTED
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1664-5 - GREAT PLAGUE 100,000 PERISH
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1675-1710 - ST PAULS CATHEDRAL REBUILT
1700 - POP 575,000
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1739 - MANSION HOUSE BUILT
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1739-40 - THAMES FROZEN OVER
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1759 - BRITISH MUSEUM OPENED
1773 - STOCK EXCHANGE FOUNDED
1800 - POPULATION 959,000
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1807 - FIRST STREET GAS LIGHTING
1813-14 - THAMES FROZEN OVER
(LAST SALMON CAUGHT [1830])
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1829 - FIRST LONDON POLICE FORCE
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1829 - FIRST OMNIBUS SERVICE
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1837-60 - HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT REBUILT
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1840 - TRAFALGAR SQUARE CREATED
1849/54 - CHOLERA OUTBREAK
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1851 - GREAT EXHIBITION
1858 - STREET ELECTRIC LIGHTING INTRODUCED
SEWERS CONSTRUCTED (after the Cholera Outbreak)
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1863 - METROPOLITAN LINE PADDINGTON - KING’S CROSS, FIRST UNDERGROUND SERVICE
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1866 - METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE ESTABLISHED
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1881-94 - TOWER BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED
1890 - DEEP LEVEL TUBE
1900 - POPULATION 4,536,000
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1909 - FIRST MASS PRODUCED BUS
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1915 - FIRST ZEPPLIN AIR RAID
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1940-41 - THE BLITZ, 1500 KILLED
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1951 - FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN
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1952 - GREAT LONDON FOG
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1975-82 - THAMES BARRIER BUILT
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