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The City Observatory was an astronomical observatory on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is also known as the Calton Hill Observatory.
Front of the Playfair Building
View from Nelson's Monument
Gothic Tower in 1792
Gothic Tower in 2013
Nelson Monument, Edinburgh
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The Nelson Monument is a commemorative tower in honour of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, located in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is situated on top of Calton Hill, and provides a dramatic termination to the
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…navigation, and mariners would bring ships' chronometers from the port of Leith up to Calton Hill for adjustment. In 1854 the time ball was installed on Nelson's Monument next to the observatory and visible from the port. This was controlled by electrical pulses from the observatory clock. A few years later the One O'Clock…
Nelson Monument
Flags fly from the Nelson Monument on Calton Hill on Trafalgar Day 2013
1843 photo of Nelson Monument by Robert Adamson
The Nelson Monument on Calton Hill.