1290s: The first clock tower is said to have been built on the site but there are no records of it. · 1367 · 1698: The medieval clock tower is pulled down and a ...

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It has been part of a Grade I listed building since 1970, and in 1987 it was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The clock and tower ...

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When was Big Ben built? The Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire in 1834. In 1844, it was decided the new buildings for the Houses of Parliament should ...

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Timeline. 1843 - Construction on the clock tower begins. February 1852 - Clockmaker Edward John Dent is recruited to design the clock. 1853 - Dent ...

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The history of the Big Ben Clock Tower at Westminster dates back to the 13th Century but the tower as we now know it has its roots in 19th Century Britain.

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1858 (12 May): A brand new Big Ben, recast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, gets its first public airing. This time, the clapper is deployed in ...

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The Great Clock was installed in 1859 and started on 31 May. The Great Bell, Big Ben, began striking on 11 July 1859.

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The famous tower clock known as Big Ben, located at the top of the 320-foot-high Elizabeth Tower, begins ticking over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, ...

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Originally in coordination with the Royal Greenwich Observatory, the chimes of Big Ben have been broadcast—with a few interruptions—since 1924 ...

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