![]() ![]() ![]() The following requirements for clock were: the first hit of the bell should correspond to hour up to a second.Ħ But by 1851, there was found a designer who decided to such a step - Edmund Beckett Denison, who decided to break the record of weight of the bell in York ("Peter the Great") in 10 tons and cast a bell weighing 16 tons.ĭuring the week the bell was melting and then 20 days were spent on the fact that the metal cooled down and took shape. Ĥ Big Ben - is not the name of the tower, but the name of the 13-ton bell that rings inside.ĥ In 1844 by the decision of the Parliament there was established a commission for the construction of the clock tower. "ģ The tower was built in 1858, the clock tower was set on foot. ![]() The official name - "Clock Tower of Westminster Palace“, also called “the Tower of St. ![]() The Westminster Quarters is now the most popular tune for church bells and can be heard all over the country.Presentation on theme: "BIG BEN."- Presentation transcript:Ģ Big Ben - the bell tower in London, the part of the architectural complex of the Palace of Westminster. Where else can you hear the Westminster chimes? With the clock face recently emerging from the tower’s scaffolding which has encased the famous landmark for the last few years, Londoners were excited to hear Big Ben’s bell chime again as a new year began in 2022.Īt midnight on New Year's Day, the bell was struck 12 times using a temporary drive mechanism, which replicates the chime created by the original Victorian mechanism which drops a hammer on the bell ever 4.5 seconds.īig Ben and the four quarter bells are set to resume sounding the famous daily ‘Westminster Quarters’ melody and resonant bongs using the original mechanism in Spring 2022. Why did Big Ben ‘bong’ on New Year’s Day? ![]()
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