Big Ben Clock Tower

Big Ben clock tower

Special structures of the most famous palace of Westminster Clock Tower - also known as Big Ben tower. Big Ben is actually named "nick name" of the bell hanging in the clock tower, but its official name is "big bell" (Great Bell). Visitors will be the instructor presents the history of the tower, the famous bell and how the clock tower was named to run the clock correct public world.

The history of the watch also contains a lot of interesting: in 1848, astronomer Royal, Sir George Airey and lawyer Edmund Denison, an amateur watchmaker, assigned to the same design Big Lake, who also direct as it is Edward Dent, a manufacturing worker watches professional. Chimes of the clock had to recast the second time for success. First in 1856, the first bell was transported to the tower by a wagon with 16 horses pulling the support of many people. Unfortunately to Denison when he used a large sledgehammer to knock the test, it was broken. They have recast the bell Monday in London in 1858, then it takes 18 hours with several new feats to pull the bell tower 60 meters high. The first bell of Big Ben ring in May 7-1859. But, again it cracked after 2 months of use. But we simply rotate it to a corner to result hammer no direct impact on crack again, and this situation remains unchanged to this day. 

Regarding the name Big Ben, no one knows exactly its origin, but the theory most widely mentioned is, the name given to call the senator's first name is Benjamin Hall House, a Oversized height, and other theories, it is a nickname of boxer champion heavyweight boxing at that time called Ben Caunt. His final game of his career in 1857, the year the first bell to the public.