1 o'clock Gun and Timeball - a famous  attraction for  Edinburgh visitors

The 'Twa Eddies	The video clip below explains the link between Edinburgh's famous one o'clock Gun and timeball on Calton Hill which remains visible to those on the Forth Estuary and at the Port of Leith. It features the late Staff-Sergeant Tam McKay better known as Tam the Gun		World's timeguns
Malta's Time Gun The Armstrong 100-ton 17.25-inch gun at Fort Rinella, Kalkara is pictured below on a test firing using a 5kg charge
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