As we get ready to 'spring forward' in Atlanta, time is at the top of mind. Precise Time is kept in the U.S. by the Navy, at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. The history of that ...

The time ball on the Broadway tower of the Western Union Telegraph Company's building, which is dropped at New-York noon (12h. 0m. 0s.) by the standard time of the United States Naval Observatory ...

“The tradition [of time balls] is carried on today in places like the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, where a time-ball descends from a flagpole at noon each day — and of ...

The first American time ball was installed atop the United States Naval Observatory in Washington D.C. in 1845.. The Times Square tradition started because of a fireworks ban . The New York Times ...

The practice lives on today at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., where a time-ball descends from a flagpole at noon each day.