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Big Ben is the colloquial name of the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London and an informal name for the Great Bell of Westminster, part of the Great Clock of Westminster. The clock tower is located at the northwestern end of the building, the home of the Houses of Parliament, and contains the famous striking clock and bell.At 9'-0" diameter, 7'-6" high, and weighing in at 13 tons 10 cwts 3 qtrs 15lbs (13,760 Kg), the hour bell of the Great Clock of Westminster - known worldwide as 'Big Ben' - is the most famous bell ever cast at Whitechapel. This picture, painted by William T. Kimber, the head moulder responsible for casting the bell, shows George Mears with his wife and daughter inspecting the casting prior to despatch. Big Ben was cast on Saturday 10th April 1858, but its story begins more than two decades earlier....
On 16th October 1834, fire succeeded where Guy Fawkes and his fellow plotters had failed on 5th November 1605, and destroyed the Palace of Westminster, long the seat of the British government. Those few bits of the Old Palace that survived the fire - most notably Westminster Hall, which was built between 1097 and 1099 by William Rufus - were incorporated into the new buildings we know today, along with many new features.

Big Ben remains the largest bell ever cast at Whitechapel. Visitors to the foundry pass through a full size profile of the bell that frames the main entrance as they enter the building. The original moulding gauge employed to form the mould used to cast Big Ben hangs on the end wall of the foundry above the furnaces to this very day.

Among the gift items available from Whitechapel Bell Foundry are a finely detailed miniature of the bell itself and an illustrated booklet about Big Ben. These can both be found on our merchandising page.
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Big Ben, "the banks of the River Thames is located in the north of the parliament building, stands a tall clock tower, inlaid with large bell," Wallace. "Every one hour, 10 minutes under a heavy GMT issued and sonorous beep , A few miles away can hear the bell reverberated. 1859, the bell by the then King of the Public Works Minister Sir Jieminghuoer producer, the bell with a total weight of 21 tons, casting at a cost of 27,000 pounds. "Big The "bell as a symbol of London, where the tourists to London, think of the clock tower all around, from the Parliament in London this bridge to enjoy a unique architecture.

City of London as a sign and symbol of the United Kingdom, Big Ben enormous and magnificent, weight 13.5 tons, four 10-minute surface area of two square meters. Big Ben from 1859 on the London City newspaper, has nearly a century and a half, although this time Ben had twice split and re-chips. Now the Big Ben bell is still clear and beautiful.

The Big Ben is the simble of London