Timeball Station site
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Timeball Station site is a historic maritime signal station in Lyttelton, New Zealand, formerly used to drop a timeball for ships to set their chronometers accurately.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
maritime signal station ⓘ |
| architect | Thomas Cane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Victorian ⓘ |
| category |
maritime heritage
ⓘ
navigation aid ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1874 ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
2010 Canterbury earthquake
ⓘ
2011 Christchurch earthquake ⓘ |
| decommissionedAsSignalStation | 1934 ⓘ |
| hasFeature | working timeball mechanism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
flagstaff
ⓘ
keeper’s house ⓘ retaining walls ⓘ signal mast ⓘ timeball tower ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | shipping channel to Port of Lyttelton ⓘ |
| heritageRegister | New Zealand Heritage List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Category I historic place ⓘ |
| inception | 1876 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canterbury Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lyttelton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Banks Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
local volcanic stone ⓘ |
| near | Lyttelton town centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedToPublicAsMuseum | 1970s ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Lyttelton Harbour Board
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Zealand Customs Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlooks | Lyttelton Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | New Zealand Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partialDemolitionReason | earthquake damage ⓘ |
| purpose |
chronometer calibration
ⓘ
time signal for ships ⓘ |
| reconstructionStart | 2014 ⓘ |
| region | South Island of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reopened | 2018 ⓘ |
| signalMethod | dropping timeball at a precise time ⓘ |
| signalType | visual time signal ⓘ |
| significance | one of the few remaining timeball stations worldwide ⓘ |
| timeballFirstDropped | 1876 ⓘ |
| timeballOperationEnded | 1934 ⓘ |
| tourismType | heritage tourism attraction ⓘ |
| towerDemolished | 2011 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
harbour pilots
ⓘ
ocean‑going ships ⓘ |
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