![]() ![]() Later that year, Big Ben is found to be fractured again. It is transported to New Palace Yard on a carriage drawn by 16 white horses and raised to the belfry.ġ859 : The Great Clock start s ticking on 31 May and the Great Bell's strikes are heard for the first time on 11 July. Warners, the bell's manufacturer, and Edmund Beckett Denison, designer of the Great Clock, clash over who is responsible for the damage.ġ858 : In April, the second 'Big Ben' is cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in East London. T he bell was originally to be called 'Royal Victoria'.ġ857 : The first 'Big Ben' develop s a 1.2m crack during testing. This is the same year that the N ew Palace of Westminster was opened by Queen Victoria at the State Opening.ġ856 : The first 'Big Ben' bell is cast at Warners of Norton near Stockton-on-Tees. Stipulations for the clock ’ s accuracy meant it took seven years before the designs were finalised.ġ852 : John Dent is appointed to build the clock to the designs of Edmund Beckett Denison. The Astronomer Royal, Sir George Airy is named referee. Foundation stone laid.ġ846 : A competition is held to decide who should build the clock. He hire s Augustus Welby Pugin to help bring the palace’s Gothic Revival style to life.ġ843 : Construction begins on the Clock Tower. Architect Charles Barry w ins the commission to design the new palace and include s a clock tower in his final designs. ![]() ġ840 : Construction of the N ew Palace of Westminster beg ins. ġ834 : The Palace of Westminster is almost completely destroyed by fire. If Big Ben is ever unable to strike, the bell in St Paul's is heard instead. Its bell i s sent to St Paul's Cathedral but broke on the way.ġ716 : The bell from the clock tower is recast and later hung in the South West Tower of St Paul's Cathedral. This was the first public chiming clock in England.ġ698: The medieval clock tower is pulled down and a sun dial put up in its place.ġ699 : The clock tower had fallen into disrepair. ġ367 : The e arly clock tower (if there was one) is replaced with a new tower and clock. 1290 s : The first clock tower is said to have been built on the site but there are no records of it. ![]()
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