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One O Clock Gun

Posted by Howard - Liverpool on March 7, 2022 at 7:27am in Ships

Birkenhead - River Mersey 27/2/22

  The "One o Clock Gun" was fired at 13:00 daily not Sundays for mariners to set their chronometers. First fired 1867 and last fired 18th July 1969. https://www.britishpathe.com/video/one-oclock-a-liverpool-cameo/

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Tags: on o clock gun, timepiece, birkenhead, mersey
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  • Howard - Liverpool March 14, 2022 at 7:05am
    lol set off 1 second before time. Amazing technology. +- an hour lol
  • Hans Fairhurst March 14, 2022 at 1:06am
    Accurate enough to set your hourglass by.
  • Howard - Liverpool March 8, 2022 at 8:12am
    Thanks guys. I remember it well my grandfather telling me how many seconds late it was where we lived.
  • André Belleau March 8, 2022 at 1:30am
    Superb photo Howard That is different.
  • Jack Dryden March 7, 2022 at 6:57pm
    Great capture Howard, good info too
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