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World Time Balls

1876 - Lyttelton Time Ball
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In 1876 a signal station was built on the Lyttelton Hills, New Zealand. The zinc time ball was supplied by the company A.G. Siemens of Germany. The station provided a time signal to ships anchored in the port until 1934.
 
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