BIG BEN

We are named after the famous bell in the clock tower at the houses of Parliament in London. The bell weighs about 14 metric tons. 9 feet in diameter and more than 7 feet high. Big Ben first rang out in 1859. It was installed at a time when the tall and stout Sir Benjamin Hall was commissioner of works. He was nicknamed "Big Ben" and members of Parliament named the bell for him. 

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