Maritime Museum Opens Batavia Zero Meridian Line Exhibition Room
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As information, the zero line (zero point) of the meridian is in the Signal Tower which was built in 1839, which is currently located in the Maritime Museum area, namely at Pasar Ikan Street Number 1.
The location of the building in the Syahbandar Tower area is above the former Culemborg Bastion or the fort as well as the defensive wall of the city of Batavia which was built around 1645, along with the construction of a wall around the city of Batavia on the west bank.
In this building stored the most accurate clock and equipment. Then, on the roof was erected a fixed time signal that could be seen from a distance.
By observing this daily signal, the crews of ships anchored in Batavia Bay were able to adjust their ship's hours. At that time, timekeepers were still needed by sailors to determine their position during sea voyages.
The zero line (zero point) of the Batavia meridian was still used for map production of Indonesia until 1942, although from 1883 the Greenwich meridian was universally accepted as the prime meridian.
Then, next to the building where the zero line (zero point) is located, the Syahbandar Tower was built in 1839, which functions as a control tower and traffic controller for ships entering and leaving the city of Batavia by sea.
Before port activities moved to Tanjung Priok Port, this Syahbandar Tower had a function as a customs office, or a place where people collected taxes on goods unloaded at the Sunda Kelapa port.
Museum Nasional Dinilai Perlu Perkuat Ekosistem Permuseuman Daerah
Anggota Komisi X DPR RI Lestari Moerdijat menyoroti masih lebarnya kesenjangan kualitas pada pengelolaan antara Museum Nasional dengan museum-museum di daerah saat ini.
