Will Ring Again Next Year, Big Ben's Clock Has A Long History Since It Was Built In 1845
Analogy of Large Ben clock and Elizabeth Tower at night. (Wikimedia Commons/raduranga)

Jakarta - If nothing goes wrong, the hands of the famous Big Ben clock in London, England volition return to its original color, blueish, after the renovation of the iconic building is consummate.

Undergoing a renovation process for almost iv years, ane of the interesting things nigh the clock easily was revealed, which is bluish, non blackness. Fabricated the authorities take the decision to return the native blue Prussians.

This extensive project involved reglazing and repainting the clock, adding a lift to the tower, repairing the roof tiles, improving lighting and repairing the masonry. Costing effectually £80 1000000, the 177-year-old tower renovation project is scheduled to exist completed in the second quarter of side by side year.

The settlement will be signaled past ringing the bell of the famous 13.7 tonne Large Ben which has been largely unheard since 2017. Still, the exception in January 2020, the clock rang marking the moment Britain officially left the European Union.

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Big Ben clock illustration. (Wikimedia Commons/Philrouch)

Lindsay Hoyle Speaker of the Business firm of Commons, UK Parliament said, "When Big Ben fans see the final result, the long expect will pay off.

"While nosotros all yearn for Large Ben's voice marking the time and the scaffolding to exist lifted from the belfry, I think we will all hold on next year's opening, our patience has not been in vain," he quoted The National News September 7 as saying.

Long history

Meanwhile, launching the Indian Express, the tower which is now named the Elizabeth Tower was completed in 1859 and became the largest and virtually accurate in the earth. The bong, dubbed 'Big Ben', was United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland'southward biggest for 23 years.

Long earlier, since the 1290s, a clock tower had stood at the site of Large Ben. It has ever been an extension of the Palace of Westminster, a complex that houses the British Parliament.

In 1834, a fire destroyed the Palace of Westminster. It was and so rebuilt in the 1840s by architect Charles Barry, who hired Augustus Welby Pugin to carry out his Big Ben designs.

Structure of the belfry began in 1845 at the north end of the Palace of Westminster. Pugin built it in a neo-Gothic style from the inside out, pregnant Londoners rarely saw workers or materials during structure.

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Big Ben illustration. (Wikimedia Commons/Eugeniomondejar)

He used bricks to build a tower, covered with sand-colored Anston rock. The top is a ii-story iron tower. Inside, there was a winding staircase in one corner, an air vent to bring fresh air into the palace, and a anchor hole for the clock in the middle. At the base of operations is a prison, meant for rogue MPs.

Clock design is a large challenge. Until then, time had never been as accurate as that measured past the sun. However, according to authorities documentation, Astronomer Purple wanted the most accurate tower clock in the globe and specified that it must be accurate to within i second of hitting the clock.

In 1892, the Ayrton Calorie-free was installed at the elevation of the belfry. It can be seen all over London, and signals when Parliament is convening after dark. It is said to have originally shone in the direction of Buckingham Palace so Queen Victoria (1837-1901) could come across if MPs were working.

Previously, Big Ben had stopped ticking several times, mostly due to repair work, merely also during World War II when information technology became mandatory.

Interesting fact, if someone were to stand under the Big Ben belfry with a portable radio and listen to the bells live on the radio, they would hear the rumble on the radio showtime before hearing it from the belfry. This is because radio waves travel at the speed of light, much like the betoken from Big Ben's microphone to the radio station. The sound itself travels at a speed of 0.3 km per second.

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