From the September 3, 2017, Chicago Tribune "Big Ben to fall silent for 4 years" by AP.
If you're going top visit London with the idea of hearing the massive bongs of Big Ben, you're too late. At least for the next four years, Big Ben goes silent.
Big Ben, the huge clock bell of Britain's Parliament has fallen silent as a four-year restoration project gets underway.
The bongs of the iconic bell stopped chiming at noon on August 21 to protect workers during the $38 million repair job on the Queen Elizabeth Tower which house Big Ben and its clock. (Most people think Big Ben is the name of the tower.) It isn't due to resume service until 2021.
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