The Carefree Sundial, in Carefree, Arizona, the "third largest sundial in the Western Hemisphere" [1], designed by architect Joe Wong and solar engineer John I. Yellott (1908-1986)[2], was erected in the Sundial Circle plaza in 1959. The sundial is made from a steel frame and covered in anodized copper. It measures 90 feet in diameter. The metal gnomon, the shadow-casting portion of the dial, stands 35 feet above the plaza and extends 72 feet.[3]
References
- ^ Carefree attractions
- ^ bigwatse.com; see Passive Solar Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1987 (John Yellott Memorial Issue) for Yellott's biography.
- ^ N. America Sundials Society
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