That loud bang might make you startle at first, but it’s only the Noon Gun at Lion Battery on Signal Hill. The Noon Gun is, in fact, two cannons, 18-pound smoothbore muzzle-loaders. One extra is on …Read More at Source
Cape Town’s Noon Gun: The grandest time keeper in the city
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