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Big Ben is a three-train clock – one drives the hands, another the hourly chimes, and the last controls the quarter-hourly chimes. Think of the trains as huge bobbins on their sides.
Big Ben is BACK! Last remaining face of iconic Westminster clock now restored and is showing the correct time once more after its five-year long refurbishment ...
Big Ben's clock stopped for more than hour today, ... The latin words under the clock face read Domine Salvam Fac Reginam Nostram Victoriam Primam, which means 'O Lord, ...
The huge clock will be stopped for several months so that Parliament's clockmakers can work on the 13-foot pendulum and remove the hands from each of the four faces. The 13.5 ton Big Ben bell will ...
Welcome to Big Ben's stunning new clock face. I like to imagine that if Big Ben's architect, Charles Barry, were to look upon the work being done today, he would greatly approve.
The huge clock will be stopped for several months so that Parliament's clockmakers can work on the 13-foot pendulum and remove the hands from each of the four faces. The 13.5 ton Big Ben bell will ...
2018 (Apr): Nobody alive has ever seen the Big Ben clock face without its hands. Now, thanks to restoration work, we all do. 2019 (Mar) : After two years' restoration, the clock faces are revealed ...
Big Ben, the famous clock tower in London, has seen a big restoration project. This project aimed to fix its structure and keep its heritage alive. It cost £79.7 million and lasted from 2017 to 2021.
Big Ben will ring to mark the start of the New Year for the first time since its restored blue clock face was revealed from behind scaffolding.. The landmark bell will sound at midnight on New ...
Bright morning light shone in through the four restored clock faces — perched high above the Houses of Parliament — each with 324 pieces of pot opal glass produced in Germany.
Each clock has four faces, which are 24 feet, 4 inches in diameter at Minneapolis City Hall and just under 24 feet in diameter on Big Ben.