There are several hands on the surface of Big Ben.
Big Ben, or Big Ben, the bell tower of Westminster Palace, is another name for the big newspaper clock attached to the bell tower of the British Parliament Hall. It is a bell tower, located in the north of Parliament Building on the Thames in London, England. It is inlaid with a big clock, which is called "Big Ben". It is one of the landmark buildings in London. 1859, the clock was made by Sir Benjamin Hall, then Minister of Engineering of the King of England, and the casting cost was 27,000 pounds. The bell tower is 95 meters high, 9 feet in diameter and weighs 13.5 tons. The clock * * * weighs 2 1 ton and rings every 15 minutes. Every hour, the big clock makes a heavy and loud sound according to Greenwich Mean Time, and the bell can be heard for miles away.
As a symbol of London and Britain, Big Ben always wants to stand around the bell tower and admire this unique building in London on Parliament Bridge. Big Ben is huge and gorgeous, with four clock faces covering an area of about two square meters. Big Ben began to tell the time for the City of London at 1859. It has been nearly a century and a half, although it was cracked twice during this period and was resurrected. Now the bell of Big Ben is still clear and beautiful.
Big Ben is located in the south bridge of Westminster Bridge, which is connected with the Parliament Building. It is a traditional landmark in London. You can get off at Westminster Station by subway.
On the evening of May 27th, 2005, the famous "Big Ben" on the Thames in London, England suddenly stopped for more than 1 hour.
An engineer of the British Parliament Building said on the 28th that Big Ben, located in the 95-meter-high bell tower on the east side of the Parliament Building, broke down at 10: 07 local time on the 27th, and its minute hand stopped turning. Then, the minute hand began to rotate slowly and stopped at 10: 20 again. This stop is 1 half an hour, and then it will return to normal.
Some people speculate that hot weather may have caused this problem. On the 28th, the highest temperature in London reached 365,438 0.8 degrees Celsius. The meteorological department said that it was the hottest day in May in England since 1953. However, engineers in the parliament building believe that this statement lacks basis.
Big Ben has always been famous for its punctuality. Nazi Germany's indiscriminate bombing of London in World War II failed to destroy it. However, after all, he is over 100 years old and has had some minor problems. For example, on New Year's Day in 1962, a heavy snow made its 0: 00 bell later than normal time 10 minute.