Noon Gun

Year

1806

Type

public art

Every day at noon, one of two muzzle-loading cannons on Signal Hill fires a single blank charge (a tradition maintained since 1806 when it served as a time signal for ships in Table Bay harbour to set their chronometers). The guns, cast in …

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