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Uncle Sam's Clock at the Naval Observatory
The article describes the Washington Naval Observatory clock as a tall plain timekeeper mounted on a stone foundation. It signals the noon click via galvanic telegraph lines to all towns on the same meridian, with a falling black ball and church bells for the fire alarm, and houses about two hundred ship chronometers for Navy vessels.
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Naval Observatory
Washington
Western Union
Maine
California
Minnesota
Lowell
Boston
New York
Pacific Railroad
Omaha
San Francisco
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E. A. Wiswall