9 O'Clock Gun

The 9 O'Clock Gun (nine o'clock gun) is a Zeitsignaluhr in the southeast of Stanley Park in Vancouver , every night at 21 pm (9 pm ) is fired. The muzzle loader is loaded with black powder during the day. A warning light comes on a few seconds before the shot is fired. This goes out a few seconds after the shot.

history

The 9 O'Clock Gun after firing

The cannon was cast in the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich , England in 1816 and brought to Vancouver in 1894. There it was set up near Brockton Point and first fired on October 15, 1898. After it was initially fired at 6 p.m. (6 p.m.) as a time signal for the fishermen, it is now electrically ignited every evening at 9 p.m. In its long history as a time signal, only five interruptions in operation are known:

The cannon

• during the Second World War
• 1969 when it was stolen
• 2007 during a strike
• 2008 when it was painted red by students
• on May 20, 2011 without explanation

Due to the theft in 1969, the previously free-standing cannon was surrounded by today's protective cage.

See also

• One O'Clock Gun
• Alarm cannons
• Cannon firing ceremony (La Cabaña)
• Noon Gun
• Noonday Gun

Web links

Commons : 9 O'Clock Gun  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Vancouver's Nine O'Clock Gun (Engl.)
• 9 O'Clock Gun , Portsmouth's Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vancouver's Nine O'Clock Gun ( Memento from September 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 49 ° 17 '52.9 "  N , 123 ° 7' 3.2"  W.