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The BIG Ben

The BIG Ben. By Heather, Ashley, Alyssa, Jessica, Erin and Maranda. The Big B en.

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The BIG Ben

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  1. The BIG Ben By Heather, Ashley, Alyssa, Jessica, Erin and Maranda

  2. The Big Ben The bell in the Parliament tower (Westminster Palace), London, England. It was named for Sir Benjamin Hall, commissioner of works when the bell was installed in 1856. The name is often used to refer to the huge clock in the tower.The nickname is the great bell of the clock. It celebrated its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009. The tower was completed in 1858 and has become one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.

  3. The making of the Big Ben The Clock Tower – which will be renamed the Elizabeth Tower in a tribute to Queen Elizabeth in her Diamond Jubilee year – was raised as a part of Charles Barry’s design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was largely destroyed by fire on the night of 16 October1834. Although Barry was the chief architect of the Palace, he turned to Augustus Pugin for the design of the clock tower, which resembles earlier Pugin designs, including one for Scarisbrick Hall. The bottom 200 feet of the clock tower’s structure consists of brickwork with sand colored Anston limestone cladding. Despite being one of the world’s most famous tourist attractions, the interior of the tower is not open to overseas visitors, though United Kingdom residents are able to arrange tours through their Member of Parliament. Due to changes in ground conditions since construction, the tower leans slightly to the north-west, by roughly 22 millimeters at the clock dials, giving an inclination of approximately 1/250. As MPs originally sat at St Stephen’s Hall, these journalists referred to anything related to the House of Commons as news from “St Stephens”. This is thought to be appropriate because the large west tower now known as Victoria Tower was renamed in tribute to Queen Victoria on her Diamond Jubilee. Although there were minor stoppages from 1977 to 2002 when the maintenance of the clock was carried out by the old firm of clockmakers Thwaites & Reed, these were often repaired within the permitted two hour downtime and not recorded as stoppages. During this period, BBC Radio 4 broadcast recordings of British bird song followed by the pips in place of the usual chimes. The original bell was a 16 ton hour bell, cast on 6 august 1856 in Stockton-on-Tees by John Warner & Sons. The bell was recast on 10 April 1858 at the White chapel Bell Foundry as a 13.5 ton bell.

  4. The End That’s the Big Ben

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