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Mt Victoria Signal Cannon

Mt Victoria Signal Cannon
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Title
Mt Victoria Signal Cannon
Content partner
Wellington City Libraries
Collection
Wellington City Recollect
Description

Looking over Te Aro towards Newtown from the summit of Mt Victoria. The cannon was used as a time signal with a powder charge being fired each day at 12 noon to enable citizens to set watches and clocks.  

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Date created
c.1890
Creator
Burton Brothers
URL
https://wellington.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/414
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MacDonald Wilson Collection

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