Deal Timeball Tower Cork Coaster

Description

‘Deal Timeball Tower Cork Coaster’ is a vector digital image laser engraving on to a cork coaster, it depicts the Victorian maritime Greenwich Mean Time signal located on the roof of a waterfront four-storey tower on Deal seafront.

The Deal Timeball is a Victorian maritime Greenwich Mean Time signal located on the roof of a waterfront four-storey tower in Deal. It was established in 1855 by the Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy in collaboration with Charles V. Walker, superintendent of telegraphs for the South Eastern Railway Company. It was built by the Lambeth firm of engineers Maudslay and Field. The time ball, which, like the Greenwich time ball, fell at 1 pm precisely, and was triggered by an electric signal directly from the Royal Observatory.

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

10cm diameter x 6mm deep | Cork