Lyttelton’s Timeball Station Began Operation – 23rd December 1876
On 23 December 1876, Lyttelton’s Timeball Station began operation. A much loved icon, not many of us actually knew what it did A Timeball Station helps sailors to check their marine chronometers to determine their longitude at sea. It was back in 1870 when John Thomas Peacock – a member of the Canterbury Provincial Council …
