Preserving A Piece Of History

[knocker]

The Whitworth Meteorological Observatory is a fully-automated, state of the art meteorological facility, replacing the original observatory set up and located in Whitworth Park in August 1892.

The new site, funded by the legacy of Sir Joseph Whitworth, will fulfil his wish to maintain the original observatory as a source of data for scientific, education and popular interest following the demise of the original in 1958.

Data from the new observatory will be used in support of scientific research projects focusing on urban climatology.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-12/uom-pap122110.php

The website.

http://www.cas.manchester.ac.uk/restools/whitworth/data/

[johnholmes]

brilliant news

Some of us at Manchester Weather Centre used their original data for talks to the media and public along with referring to it for items to go in Weather or the Met Magazine.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

When I saw "Preserving a piece of history - John Holmes" in my subject list, I thought how well deserved.