History
Elizabeth Tower, originally named the Clock Tower, and popularly known as "Big Ben", was built as a part of Charles Barry's design for a new Palace of Westminster after the old palace … See more

Big Ben (Great Bell)
The main bell, officially known as the "Great Bell" but better known as Big Ben, is the largest bell in the tower and part of the Great Clock of Westminster. It sounds an E-natural.
The original bell … See more

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• Big Ben Aden; a 22-metre replica built in 1890
• Kolkata Time Zone Tower in Lake Town, Kolkata, India; a 30-metre replica built in 2015
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Dials
Augustus Pugin drew inspiration from the clockmaker Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy when he designed the dials. Each is made of cast iron sections bolted together. The whole frame is 22.5 feet (6.9 m) in diameter making … See more

The clock has become a cultural symbol of the United Kingdom, particularly in the visual media. When a television or film-maker wishes to … See more

On 21 August 2017, Big Ben's chimes fell silent for four years to allow essential restoration work to be carried out on the tower. The decision … See more

• Fowler, H. W. (1976). The Concise Oxford dictionary of current English (6th ed.). Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861121-9 See more