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Fun facts about Big Ben. Each dial is seven metres in diameter. The minute hands are 4.2 metres long (14ft) and weigh about 100kg (220lbs, including ...

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Big Ben is a nickname for the bell, the clock face has 1,292 glass pieces, the tower is 96 meters tall, and the minute hands are 14ft long.

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1367: The early clock tower (if there was one) is replaced with a new tower and clock. This was the first public chiming clock in England. 1698: The medieval ...

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Its nickname, "Big Ben", derives from the tall Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw its installation. There are four quarter bells, which chime on the quarter hours.

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Big Ben, built for Queen Victoria, is 96 meters tall with 334 steps. Its clock was once the most accurate, and the clock stopped due to heat. It was also ...

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Meanwhile, there are four clocks on the tower, one on each side of it. Each clock has a diameter of 23 feet. The hour hand is 9.2 feet long ...

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When it was built, the tower's clock was the world's largest and most accurate four-faced striking and chiming clock. Big Ben's timekeeping is ...

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The hour hands are nearly 9 ft long and the minute hands are almost 14 ft. long. Elizabeth Tower, where the bell chimes, stands 315 feet (96 meters) tall.

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Standing at over 96m tall, the tower is 72m taller than Buckingham Palace! Big Ben is the largest four facing clock tower in the world! Have you visited Big Ben ...

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Big Ben is the bell, not the tower. It was once cracked, has a prison inside, and the current bell isn't the original. The clock was once the ...

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