Steve Jaggs, keeper of the Great Clock, said that the clock mechanism will be dismantled piece by piece, and its four dials will be cleaned and repaired. The 15.1-ton bell will be cleaned and checked for cracks.
Big Ben has been stopped several times since it first sounded in 1859, but the current restoration project marks the longest period of silence.
Parliamentary officials say, however, that they will ensure that the bell still sounds on major occasions like New years Eve and Remembrance Sunday.
--Cooter
Showing posts with label Big Ben. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big Ben. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Monday, September 4, 2017
Big Ben Goes Silent-- Part 1: No Bongs for Four Years
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.
--Cooter
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.
--Cooter
Monday, September 1, 2014
Big Ben Becomes Elizabeth Tower?
From the June 2, 2012, Yahoo! News-AFP "Report: Big Been to be renamed Elizabeth Tower."
Prime Minister David Cameron and 331 are campaigning to change the name Big Ben to Elizabeth Tower.. Big Ben is the name of the square tower at the end of the House of Parliament that was renamed for Queen Victoria at one time in honor of her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Of course, this would only be a temporary name.
The 316-foot structure is officially named the Clock Tower, but more commonly called "Big Ben" after the huge bell that "bongs" out the hours.
It is still known mostly as Big Ben. (And I thought Big Ben was that Steeler football player.)
Britain had four straight days of royal celebration starting June 2, 2012 to honor Queen Elizabeth's 60th Diamond Jubilee, including a 1,000 boat river pageant on the James River.
BIG BEN TILTING?
In January, a commission met to discuss how they should manage the tilt The tower is currently tilting 0.26 degrees to the northwest and has increased slightly since 2003. However, one expert says that the tilt should not be a problem for another 10,000 years.
That Would be an Honor. --DaCoot
Prime Minister David Cameron and 331 are campaigning to change the name Big Ben to Elizabeth Tower.. Big Ben is the name of the square tower at the end of the House of Parliament that was renamed for Queen Victoria at one time in honor of her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Of course, this would only be a temporary name.
The 316-foot structure is officially named the Clock Tower, but more commonly called "Big Ben" after the huge bell that "bongs" out the hours.
It is still known mostly as Big Ben. (And I thought Big Ben was that Steeler football player.)
Britain had four straight days of royal celebration starting June 2, 2012 to honor Queen Elizabeth's 60th Diamond Jubilee, including a 1,000 boat river pageant on the James River.
BIG BEN TILTING?
In January, a commission met to discuss how they should manage the tilt The tower is currently tilting 0.26 degrees to the northwest and has increased slightly since 2003. However, one expert says that the tilt should not be a problem for another 10,000 years.
That Would be an Honor. --DaCoot
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Big Ben is 150!!
A big happy birthday to one of the most famous bells in the world and that would be the one that rings on the hour from the Parliament Building in London. I speak of Big Ben.
It was made by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry which also made the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia and the Bell of Hope, given to New York on the first anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attack. (I didn't know about the Bell of Hope.) The Lord Mayor of London presented it. There is no account of it in wikipedia.
Big Ben weighs in at 15 tons and was cast April 10, 1858, although it was another year before it rang out of the Parliament Tower.
It survived the Battle of Britain in WWII.
From April 10th Northwest Herald.
Ding-Dong, Ding-Dong. --Coot
It was made by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry which also made the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia and the Bell of Hope, given to New York on the first anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attack. (I didn't know about the Bell of Hope.) The Lord Mayor of London presented it. There is no account of it in wikipedia.
Big Ben weighs in at 15 tons and was cast April 10, 1858, although it was another year before it rang out of the Parliament Tower.
It survived the Battle of Britain in WWII.
From April 10th Northwest Herald.
Ding-Dong, Ding-Dong. --Coot
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