Have a suggestion for this feature? Email Dave. 2 The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the Clock Tower, but it was renamed Elizabeth. The tower is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the striking clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England, 1 and the name is frequently extended to refer also to the clock and the clock tower. The Clock Tower became Elizabeth Tower in 2012, to honor the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The clock tower looks spectacular at night when the four clock faces are. Technically, Big Ben is the name given to the massive bell inside the clock tower, which weighs more than 13 tons (13,760 kg). The original mechanism still powers the clock, although an electric motor is on standby. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishBig BenBig Ben the large bell in the tower of the Houses of Parliament in London, which rings regularly to. The Houses of Parliament and Elizabeth Tower, commonly called Big Ben, are among London's most iconic landmarks and must-see London attractions. Four bells inside the tower chime each quarter-hour. Each of the tower's four faces has a giant clock, set in a 23-foot-diameter iron frame. The square base of the tower measures 39 feet on each side. The Clock Tower, made of brick and limestone and iron, stands 315 feet tall to reach the top requires climbing 334 steps. Another theory holds that the inspiration for the name was Benjamin Caunt, an 19th Century heavyweight boxing champion whose nickname was "Big Ben."
For this reason, many people think that Big Ben is named for Hall. Because of his position, Hall has his name inscribed on the bell. The new tower was part of the new construction. Sir Benjamin Hall was a Welsh engineer and Member of Parliament who was also First Commissioner of Works during the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament after a fire, in 1834. The repairs took more than three yeras to complete.
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Engineers took a bit of metal from the rim and did what repairs they could then, they turned the bell one-eighth of a turn so the hammer wouldn't hit the cracked spot anymore. This method, not two months into the life of the bell, cracked Version 2.0, and Version 2.1 was the result. The new bell made its first noise on July 11 of that year.Ī hammer on the outside hit the bell, making it ring. The tower clock ticked for the first time on May 31, 1859. That one made it, uncracked, into the belfry in October 1858. Version 1.0, weighing 16 tons, and appeared in London in 1856 but cracked before it was installed, and so officials had to order another giant bell. It is not the only bell in the tower, and it is certainly not the tower itself. It sounds an E-natural note.īig Ben is actually Version 2.1 of the largest bell in the tower belfry. Big Ben is actually the giant bell inside the famous Clock Tower in London. The giant bell, the official name of which is the Great Bell, is more than 7 feet tall and more than 9 feet wide and weighs 13.5 tons. Big Ben is actually the giant bell inside the famous Clock Tower in London.
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