that the tower and ball would be restored, and that funds were to be sought from the community to rebuild the rest of the station. The station was officially reopened on 2 November 2018. Wellington The Wellington time ball service started in March 1864. It received its time information from the Dominion Observatory which was also communicated to the Lyttelton time ball service. Dunedin used local observatory facilities. Wellington had two time ball sites – the time ball was erected at the first site by mid-January 1864 on top of the Custom House building on the Wellington waterfront and later relocated in 1888 to the J Shed Woolstore on top of the accumulator tower. This building and the time ball burnt down on 9 March 1909. Instead of replacing the Wellington time ball after the second site burnt down, time light signals were introduced at the Dominion Observatory. The earliest record of this was 22 February 1912. They were in use until 1937 when wireless signals took over as the new way to keep time. Poland Gdańsk, Poland (The time ball was installed in 1876, moved to the Danzig (now Gdańsk) lighthouse in 1894, and removed in 1929. In 2008 it was reconstructed from original plans) South Africa Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town Spain The Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada in San Fernando, Cádiz keeps activating its time ball every day at 13:00 (ROA Time). After better timekeeping at sea made it obsolete, it was disabled, but it was reactivated in the late 20th century. The Royal House of the Post Office in Puerta del Sol, Madrid, operated a time ball for Madrid. Nowadays it is only used to mark the imminent start of the bell strikes that mark the New Year at midnight. The main Spanish TV networks broadcast the event, allowing spectators to eat the traditional Twelve Grapes. United Kingdom Timeball Tower, Deal, Kent, England. Operates hourly and has recently been refurbished. Margate Clock Tower, Kent, England Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England Time Ball Buildings, Leeds, England Guildhall, Kingston upon Hull, England. The only maritime timepiece on a municipal building. It dates back to 1918 and is the highest in the UK. Clock Tower, Brighton, East Sussex, England. (originally operated hourly, but was later stopped as it was too noisy) Nelson's Monument on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland United States United States Naval Observatory, Washington D.C. Titanic