It froze for roughly 30 minutes on Wednesday, a week on from displaying the wrong time and Big Ben failing to chime. Part of the Elizabeth Tower, the clock was unveiled earlier this year after a ...
The clock hands of Elizabeth Tower have been removed during maintenance and restoration work in the Palace of Westminster. The tower is undergoing a £61m refurbishment, up from the original ...
to ensure the clock can continue to function correctly.” As one of London’s most iconic landmarks, Big Ben fell silent this morning and everyone noticed. The Victoria Tower, which houses the ...
Actually, the clock is not called Big Ben. That’s the name of one of the five bells in the Elizabeth Tower since 2012. Before that it was the Clock Tower, but everyone always calls it Big Ben.
With some semblence to Big Ben, no one would be frowned upon for thinking this clock tower is based in London at first glance. But it's actually sitting as one of the world's tallest buildings in ...
The Cumbria Clock Company previously spent four years restoring Big Ben, the timepiece on Queen Elizabeth Tower in Westminster. The team will oversee the time change, with the owner describing it ...
But Big Ben was broadcast to usher in 1924, and later, a microphone was installed inside the clock tower and connected directly to Broadcasting House. This moving coil microphone is one of a ...