The sundial launched in 1992, was photographed on the same day
Click for a larger image The dial is in the center of the clock.
Around the clock designed by John Chitty and Edwin Russell, there are reliefs depicting events in the history of London from 43 AD.
Below is the detail of the reliefs:
LONDON
AD43 - 1992
River Thames
Click for a larger image 43 - ROMAN CONQUEST
LONDON FOUNDED
60 - FIRST LONDON BRIDGE
60 - POPULATION 30,000
Click for a larger image Queen Boudicca was the head of a Celtic tribe that led a rebellion against the Roman rule that ruled Britain.
61 - CITY DESTROYED BY QUEEN BOUDICCA
Click for a larger image 190-220 - CITY WALLS BUILT
200 - POPULATION 20,000
604 - ST PAULS CATHEDRAL FOUNDED
Click for a larger image 896 - CITY WALLS RESTORED BY ALFRED THE GREAT
981 - FIRE
Click for a larger image 1066 - TOWER OF LONDON FOUNDED
Click for a larger image 1085 - WESTMINSTER ABBEY CONSE CREATED
Click for a larger image 1136 AND 1106 - LONDON DESTROYED BY FIRE
1189 - FIRST LORD MAYOR
1200 - POPULATION 25,000
Click for a larger image 1209 - FIRST STONE LONDON BRIDGE
Click for a larger image 1349 - BLACK DEATH 35,417 DIE
Click for a larger image 1387 - PEASANTS REVOLT
Click for a larger image 1397-1419 DICK WHITTINGTON FOUR TIMES LORD MAYOR
1400 - POPULATION 45,000
Click for a larger image 1411 - GUILDHALL REBUILT
1500 - POPULATION 75,000
Click for a larger image 1585 - SHAKESPEARE ARRIVES IN LONDON
1598-9 - GLOBE THEATRE BUILT
1600 - POPULATION 220,000
Click for a larger image 1603 - PLAGUE 35,000 PERISH
Click for a larger image 1605 - GUNPOWDER PLOT
Click for a larger image 1625 - PLAGUE 30,000 PERISH
Click for a larger image 1642 - CIVIL WAR
Click for a larger image 1649 - CHARLES I EXECUTED
Click for a larger image 1664-5 - GREAT PLAGUE 100,000 PERISH
Click for a larger image 1675-1710 - ST PAULS CATHEDRAL REBUILT
1700 - POP 575,000
Click for a larger image 1739 - MANSION HOUSE BUILT
Click for a larger image 1739-40 - THAMES FROZEN OVER
Click for a larger image 1759 - BRITISH MUSEUM OPENED
1773 - STOCK EXCHANGE FOUNDED
1800 - POPULATION 959,000
Click for a larger image 1807 - FIRST STREET GAS LIGHTING
1813-14 - THAMES FROZEN OVER
(LAST SALMON CAUGHT [1830])
Click for a larger image 1829 - FIRST LONDON POLICE FORCE
Click for a larger image 1829 - FIRST OMNIBUS SERVICE
Click for a larger image 1837-60 - HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT REBUILT
Click for a larger image 1840 - TRAFALGAR SQUARE CREATED
1849/54 - CHOLERA OUTBREAK
Click for a larger image 1851 - GREAT EXHIBITION
1858 - STREET ELECTRIC LIGHTING INTRODUCED
SEWERS CONSTRUCTED (after the Cholera Outbreak)
Click for a larger image 1863 - METROPOLITAN LINE PADDINGTON - KING’S CROSS, FIRST UNDERGROUND SERVICE
Click for a larger image 1866 - METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE ESTABLISHED
Click for a larger image 1881-94 - TOWER BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED
1890 - DEEP LEVEL TUBE
1900 - POPULATION 4,536,000
Click for a larger image 1909 - FIRST MASS PRODUCED BUS
Click for a larger image 1915 - FIRST ZEPPLIN AIR RAID
Click for a larger image 1940-41 - THE BLITZ, 1500 KILLED
Click for a larger image 1951 - FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN
Click for a larger image 1952 - GREAT LONDON FOG
Click for a larger image 1975-82 - THAMES BARRIER BUILT
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