The Noonday Gun (Chinese: 午炮) is a former naval artillery piece mounted on a small enclosed site near the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter on Hong Kong Island ...
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A sundial cannon, sundial gun, noon cannon or meridian cannon, also noonday gun is a device consisting of a sundial incorporating a cannon with a fuse that ...
The Noon Gun has been a historic time signal in Cape Town, South Africa since 1806. It consists of a pair of black powder Dutch naval guns, ...
DescriptionNoon-day Gun.JPG, Noonday Gun at Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (on platform. furthest from camera). The gun is a QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss. ; Date, 26 December ...
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DescriptionHK CWB Noonday Gun 1.JPG, 怡和午炮 Noon-day Gun User:Sun Victoria. Date, 29 October 2006 (according to Exif data).
The Noonday Gun is a Hotchkiss three-pounder naval artillery gun located in a small, enclosed site in the waterfront district of Causeway Bay.
Nov 4, 2016 · Noonday Gun. Hong Kong. This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.