Big Ben / Elizabeth Tower

England (London)185996 m tall

LocationEngland (London)

Built1859

Size96 m tall

Built ByUK

About Big Ben / Elizabeth Tower

Big Ben is actually the bell, not the tower. The bell weighs 13.5 tonnes. The tower was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012. The clock faces are 7 meters in diameter. Each clock face has 312 pieces of glass. The penny coin used to adjust the pendulum keeps time accurate to within one second.

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