Hi Ken, a friend of mine, that works for the Society of the Italian Railroads, has built some sundials on the walls of the stations of a local railroad that, passing long alpine valleys, joins two small towns : Domodossola (in Italy) and Locarno (in Switzerland).
The friend is the arch. Giacomo Bonzani ; he is also the mayor of the little town of Villette (on the Alps) of about 200 inhabitants. The sundials are very simple and the lines are built in steel rod to remember the the railroad : in Italy the railroad is called "ferrovia" that means "iron way" I send attached thee photo of one of these sundials: the image has a low definition because of the excessive reduction. In the photo you can see ( it was a misty day when the photo was taken ) on the wall of the station toward East two sundials: in one there are the hour lines from 7 to 11 and in the other only the line of noon In the opposite wall there is a similar sundial with the haul line from 14 to 17 A regard Gianni Ferrari P.S. If you want , I can send to you the photo with a better definition --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ing.Gianni Ferrari Via Valdrighi, 135 41100 - MODENA (ITALY) EMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.tripod.com/meridiane/index.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:VIGEZ2.jpg (JPEG/JVWR) (0000DF06)
