Photograph Notes: The Victoria Parade Timeball Tower Museum was built as one of ten royal signal towers in the Napoleonic Wars. The tower became the headquarters for the coast blockade for the suppression of smuggling. In 1855 the tower was adapted to form a Timeball Tower. A Time Ball of copper, mounted on a 14 ft mast was installed and, at 1 pm the ball would drop. This system was in operation until 1927 when it was replaced by wireless time signals. Built in 1821 of stuccoed brick under a slate roof. On top is a copper ball surmounted by a cross with the points of the compass on it and an arrow. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1069907 Deal is a coastal town in Kent, 14� miles southeast of Canterbury and 8 miles northeast of Dover. A former fishing and garrison town overlooking the anchorage in the Downs, Deal was one of the Cinque Ports in 1278, and grew into the busiest port in England. Today Deal is a seaside resort, its quaint streets lined with ancient buildings. Deal Castle, an artillery fort, was built in the Tudor period and has a rose plan.

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