the original Dominion Observatory, 1903
Government Buildings in Ottawa picture - Located on the edge of the Department of Agriculture's central experimental farm, this venerable building is no longer used as an observatory. The telescope was removed to a smaller demonstration observatory at the Museum of Science and Technology some time ago. For decades, the CBC broadcast Canada's official time signal ["The beginning of the long dash following ten seconds of silence ..."] from here at 1 pm EST or EDT daily. Now it comes from the National Research Council instead.