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The Clock Tower is a turret clock structure at the north-eastern end of the Houses of Parliament building in Westminster, London. It is colloquially and popularly known as Big Ben, however this name actually belongs to the clock's main bell. The tower has also been incorrectly referred to as St. Stephen's Tower. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2662x5500, 3388 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): User talk:Diliff User:Diliff Portal:London/Pictures/Wikipedia featured pictures Wikipedia:Featured pictures... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2662x5500, 3388 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): User talk:Diliff User:Diliff Portal:London/Pictures/Wikipedia featured pictures Wikipedia:Featured pictures... Big Ben can be: Big Ben, the nickname of the Great Bell of Westminster, the hour bell of the Great Clock, hanging in the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, the home of the Houses of Parliament in the United Kingdom the name of an alarm clock model manufactured... The clock tower of Einsiedeln Abbey A clock tower is a tower built with one or more (often four) easily-seen clock faces. ... The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, England is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet to conduct their business. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Structure

The tower was raised as a part of Charles Barry's design of a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire on the night of October 16, 1834. The tower is designed in the Victorian Gothic style, and is 96.3 metres (316 feet) high. The Clock Tower, from Westminster Bridge . ... The Clock Tower, from Westminster Bridge . ... The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, England is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet to conduct their business. ... Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster, with a glimpse of Westminster Abbey behind the tower of Big Ben. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, Barrys most famous building. ... The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, England is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet to conduct their business. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... ...

The first 61 metres (200 feet) of the structure is the clock tower, consisting of brickwork with stone cladding; the remainder of the tower's height is a framed spire of cast iron. The tower is founded on a 15 by 15 metres (49 by 49 feet) raft, made of 3 metres (9 feet) thick concrete, at a depth of 7 metres (23 feet) below ground level. The tower has an estimated weight of 8,667 tonnes (9,553 tons). The four clock faces are 55 metres (180 feet) above ground.

Due to ground conditions present since construction, the tower leans slightly to the north-west, by roughly 220 millimetres (8.66 inches). Due to thermal effects it oscillates annually by a few millimetres east and west. [1]

Clock faces

The Clock Faces were once large enough to allow the Clock Tower to be the largest four-faced clock in the world, but has since been outdone by the Allen-Bradley Clock Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The builders of the Allen-Bradley Clock Tower did not add chimes to the clock, so the Great Clock of Westminster still holds the title of the "World's largest four-faced chiming clock". The clock mechanism itself was completed by 1854, but the tower was not fully constructed until four years later in 1858. Allen-Bradley Allen-Bradley is a company that specializes in industrial control and automation products. ... Nickname: Cream City, Mil Town, Brew City, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett Area - City 251. ...

The clock faces and dials were designed by Augustus Pugin. The clock faces are set in an iron framework 7 metres (21 feet) in diameter supporting 576 pieces of opal glass, rather like a stained glass window. Some of the glass pieces may be removed for inspection of the hands. The surround of the dials is heavily gilded. At the base of each clock face in gilt letters is the Latin inscription 'DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM NOSTRAM VICTORIAM PRIMAM' meaning 'Lord save our Queen Victoria I'. The name Big Ben was first given to a 14.5-tonne (16-ton) hour bell, cast in 1856. The bell was never officially named, but the legend on it records that the commissioner of works, Sir Benjamin Hall, who was responsible for the order. Since the tower was not yet finished, the bell was mounted in New Palace Yard but the bell cracked under the striking hammer, and its metal was recast as the 12.5 tonne (13.8 ton) bell which is in use today. The new bell was mounted in the tower in 1908 alongside four quarter-hour bells. Image File history File linksMetadata Big. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Big. ... Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (March 1, 1812â€“September 14, 1852) was an English-born architect, designer and theorist of design now best remembered for his work on churches and on the Houses of Parliament. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 â€“ 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 January 1877, until her death in 1901. ...

The clock became operational on September 7, 1859. September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ...

During World War II, the Palace of Westminster was hit by German bombing, destroying the House of Commons and causing damage to the tower's western cockface. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

The main bell

Big Ben, officially known as the Great Bell of Westminster, is the largest bell in the tower and part of the Great Clock of Westminster. The Great Bell chimes E, weighs 13 metric tonnes and is 2.2 metres high. It was cast on Saturday April 10, 1856 in Stockton-on-Tees by George Mears. After the casting the bell was given a test ring and broke in half, resulting in it being recast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. With the bell recast it was installed into the clock tower, but once again a crack formed. To prevent further damage to the bell it was rotated and the main hammer was reduced in weight. A tonne (symbol t), sometimes referred to as a metric tonne, is a measurement of weight. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Stockton-on-Tees is an industrial town and port on the River Tees in north-eastern England. ... The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is a bell foundry based in the Whitechapel district of east London. ...

The exact origin of the name 'Big Ben' has remained a popular mystery, leading to speculation that suggests the bell was named after heavyweight boxer Benjamin Caunt who was popular at the time, however an alternate theory that has been supported cites the origin of the name as belonging to Sir Benjamin Hall who was the Parliamentary Commissioner of Works.

The BBC first broadcast the chimes on 31 December 1923 - there is a microphone in the turret connected to Broadcasting House. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Other bells

Along with the main bell, the belfry houses four quarter bells which play the Westminster Quarters on the quarter hours. The four quarter bells are G sharp, F sharp, E, and B. They play a 20 chime sequence, 1-4 at quarter past, 5-12 at half past, 13-20,1-4 at quarter to, and 5-20 on the hour. Because the low bell (B) is struck twice in quick succession, there is not enough time to pull a hammer back, and it is supplied with two hammers on opposite sides of the bell. Belfry of Bruges A belfry is a building (also known as a bell tower) - or a part of a building - in which bells are hung. ... Quarter bells are the bells that the clock mechanism strikes on each passing quarter of the hour. ... The Westminster Quarters is the most common name for a melody used by a set of clock bells to strike the hour. ...

Similar turret clocks

A 6 metre (20 foot) metal replica of the clock tower, known as Little Ben, complete with working clock, stands on a traffic island close to Victoria Station. Several turret clocks around the world are inspired by the look of the Great Clock, including the clock tower of the Gare de Lyon in Paris and the Peace Tower of the Parliament of Canada in Ottawa. Little Ben is a cast iron miniature clock tower, situated at the intersection of Vauxhall Bridge Road and Victoria Street, in Westminster, central London, close to the approach to Victoria station. ... Victoria station in London is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of Westminster. ... Inside the Gare de Lyon. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France RÃ©gion ÃŽle-de-France DÃ©partement Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand DelanoÃ« (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... The Peace Tower in view on Parliament Hill The Peace Tower at night For other uses, see Peace Tower (disambiguation). ... The Parliament of Canada (French: Parlement du Canada) is Canadas legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. ... Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Established 1850 as Bytown City Mayor Larry OBrien Governing body Ottawa City Council MPs / MPPs Members of Parliament (MPs) Mauril BÃ©langer (LPC), Paul Dewar (NDP), John Baird (CPC), Royal Galipeau (CPC), David McGuinty (LPC),Pierre Lemieux...

A clock tower similar to Big Ben is the Chamberlain Tower of the University of Birmingham, England. Often referred to as "Old Tom" or "Old Joe", it is around three quarters of the size of Big Ben. Its four faces are each seventeen feet in diameter. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The University of Birmingham is an English university in the city of Birmingham. ...

Baby Big Ben is the Welsh version of Big Ben at the Pierhead in Cardiff. Its mechanism is almost identical to the one which powers the Big Ben clock in London. [2]

Reliability

The clock is famous for its reliability. This is due to the skill of its designer, the lawyer and amateur horologist Edmund Beckett Denison, later Lord Grimthorpe. As the clock mechanism, created to Denison's specification by clockmaker Edward John Dent, was completed before the tower itself was finished, Denison had time to experiment. Instead of using the deadbeat escapement and remontoire as originally designed, Denison invented the double three-legged gravity escapement. This escapement provides the best separation between pendulum and clock mechanism. Together with an enclosed, wind-proof box sunk beneath the clockroom, the Great Clock's pendulum is well isolated from external factors like snow, ice and pigeons on the clock hands, and keeps remarkably accurate time. Download high resolution version (600x976, 174 KB)The clock tower of Big Ben at dusk. ... Download high resolution version (600x976, 174 KB)The clock tower of Big Ben at dusk. ... The London Eye is, as of December 2003, the largest observation wheel in the world (though often erroneously called a Ferris wheel). ... Horology is the study of the science and art of timekeeping devices. ... Sir Edmund Beckett, Bt. ... Edward John Dent (1790-1853)was a famous English watchmaker. ... A simple escapement. ... A simple escapement. ... A simple escapement. ...

The idiom of putting a penny on, with the meaning of slowing down, sprung from the method of fine-tuning the clock's pendulum by adding or subtracting penny coins. Even to this day, old pennies, phased out of British currency by the 1971 decimalisation, are used. Decimalisation (or Decimalization) refers to any process of converting from traditional units, usually of money, to a decimal system. ...

Despite heavy bombing the clock ran accurately throughout the Blitz. It slowed down on New Year's Eve 1962 due to heavy snow, causing it to chime in the new year 10 minutes late. Heinkel He 111 German bomber over the Surrey Docks, Southwark, London (German propaganda photomontage) The Blitz was the sustained bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 16 May 1941. ... For other articles with similar names, see New Year (disambiguation) New Years Eve is December 31, the final day of the Gregorian year, and the day before New Years Day, New Years Eve is a separate observance from the observance of New Years Day. ...

The clock had its first and only major breakdown in 1976. The chiming mechanism broke due to metal fatigue on 5 August 1976, and was reactivated again on 9 May 1977. During this time BBC Radio 4 had to make do with the pips. Metal Fatigue is a 1999 real-time strategy and mecha computer game developed by Zono, Inc and released by Psygnosis. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... The Greenwich Time Signal or BBC pips is a time code heard on some BBC radio programs at the start of the hour, most notably on Radio 4 and the World Service. ...

It stopped on 30 April 1997, the day before the general election, and again three weeks later. April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ...

On Friday, 27 May 2005 the clock stopped ticking for 90 minutes from 10.07pm, possibly due to hot weather (temperatures in London had reached an unseasonal 31.8ºC/90ºF). It resumed keeping time, but stalled again at 10.20 p.m. and remained still for about 90 minutes before starting up again. [3] May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On 29 October 2005, the mechanism was stopped for approximately 33 hours so that the clock and its chimes could be worked on. It was the lengthiest maintenance shutdown in 22 years. [4] October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2005, a terrorist manual was found in the home of Abu Hamza al-Masri, marking Big Ben, The Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower as terrorist targets. In his trial at The Old Bailey in 2006 he denied all knowledge of them being targets. Abu Hamza al-Masri (Ø£Ø¨Ùˆ ØÙ…Ø²Ø© Ø§Ù„Ù…ØµØ±ÙŠ) (born 15 April 1958) is a Muslim cleric in the United Kingdom, convicted on 7 February 2006 for racial hatred and incitement to murder offences. ... Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue, given to the USA by France in the late 19th century, that stands at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all: returning Americans, visitors, and immigrants alike. ... The Eiffel Tower (pronounced ; French: , pronounced ) is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris. ... The Old Bailey by Mountford (1907) The Central Criminal Court, commonly known as The Old Bailey (a bailey being part of a castle), is a Crown Court (criminal high court) in London, dealing with major criminal cases in the UK. It stands on the site of the mediaeval Newgate Gaol...

Big Ben's "Quarter Bells" were taken out of commission for four weeks starting at 0700 hrs GMT on 5 June 2006 [5], as a bearing holding one of the quarter bells was damaged from many years of wear and needed to be removed for repairs. During this period, BBC Radio 4 broadcast recordings of British bird song followed by the pips in place of the usual chimes. [6] For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Culture

Big Ben is a focus of New Year celebrations in the United Kingdom, with radio and TV stations tuning to its chimes to welcome the start of the year. Similarly, on Remembrance Day, the chimes of Big Ben are broadcast to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and the start of two minutes' silence. Image File history File linksMetadata ItvNEWS_bigben_clockface. ... Image File history File linksMetadata ItvNEWS_bigben_clockface. ... ITV News is the news service of British TV channel ITV1. ... The New Year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of the next. ... Wreaths of artificial poppies used as a symbol of remembrance Remembrance Day (Australia, Canada, United Kingdom), also known as Poppy Day (South Africa and Malta), and Armistice Day (United Kingdom, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries; and the original name of the holiday internationally) is a day to commemorate...

For many years ITN's "News at Ten" began with an opening sequence which featured Big Ben with the chimes punctuating the announcement of the news headlines. The Big Ben chimes are still used today during the headlines and all ITV News bulletins use a graphic based on the Westminster clock face. Big Ben can also be heard striking the hour before some news bulletins on BBC Radio 4 (6pm and midnight, plus 10pm on Sundays) and the BBC World Service, a practice that began on December 31, 1923. The chimes are transmitted live via a microphone permanently installed in the tower and connected by line to Broadcasting House. ITN may refer to: Independent Television News In the news, a section on the Main Page of English Wikipedia This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Sir Trevor McDonald presenting the original final broadcast of News at Ten, from 5 March 1999. ... ITV News is the news service of British TV channel ITV1. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Broadcasting House Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC in London, England. ...

Big Ben can be used in the classroom to demonstrate the difference between the speed of light and the speed of sound. If a person visits London and stands at the bottom of the clock tower, they will hear the chimes of Big Ben approximately 1/6 of a second later than the bell being struck (assuming a bell height of 55 metres). However, using a microphone placed near the bell and transmitting the sound to a far away destination by radio (for instance New York or Hong Kong), that location will hear the bell long before you do on the ground. In fact, if the recipient were to echo the sound back to the observer on the ground, the bell would be heard on the radio before the natural sound reached the observer. (Example: New York is 5,562 kilometres (3456 miles) from London, and radio waves will reach New York in 0.018552 seconds; round trip is 0.037105 seconds, compared to 0.1616 seconds for the natural sound to reach the ground) The speed of light in a vacuum is an important physical constant denoted by the letter c for constant or the Latin word celeritas meaning swiftness. It is the speed of all electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum, not just visible light. ... The speed of sound is a term used to describe the speed of sound waves passing through an elastic medium. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area Ranked 27th - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 kmÂ²) - Width 285 miles (455 km) - Length 330 miles (530 km) - % water 13. ...

An image of the clock tower was also used as the logo for London Films. London Films was a British film studio founded in 1932 by Alexander Korda. ...

Cultural references

A cultural cliché

The clock has become a visual symbol for the United Kingdom and London, particularly in the visual media. When a television or film-maker wishes to quickly convey to a non-UK audience a generic location in Britain, a popular way to do so is to show an image of Big Ben, often with a Routemaster bus or Hackney carriage in the foreground. This gambit is less often used in the United Kingdom itself, as it would suggest to most British people a specific location in London, which may not be the intention. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (873x491, 246 KB)This image shows the destruction of the Clock Tower on the Palace of Westminster, in the film V For Vendetta (2006). ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (873x491, 246 KB)This image shows the destruction of the Clock Tower on the Palace of Westminster, in the film V For Vendetta (2006). ... V for Vendetta is a 2006 action-thriller film set in London in a dystopian near future. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... First London AEC Routemaster, RML 2473 (JJD 473D), on route 7 approaching Ladbroke Grove tube station in April 2002. ... In the United Kingdom, the name hackney carriage refers to a taxicab licensed by the Public Carriage Office in London (for the area within the M25 motorway) or by the local authority (non-metropolitan district councils or unitary authorities) in other parts of England, Wales, and Scotland, or by the...

The sound of the clock chiming has also been used this way in audio media, but as the Westminster Quarters are heard from many other clocks and other devices, the unique nature of this particular sound has been considerably diluted. The Westminster Quarters is the most common name for a melody used by a set of clock bells to strike the hour. ...

Examples

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