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9'-0" diameter, 7'-6" high, and weighing in at 13 tons 10 cwts 3
qtrs 15lbs (13,760 Kg), the hour bell of the Great Clock of
Westminster - known worldwide as Big Ben is the most famous bell
ever cast at Whitechapel.
On 16th October 1834, fire succeeded where Guy Fawkes and his
fellow plotters had failed on 5th November 1605, and destroyed the
Palace of Westminster, long the seat of the British government.
Those few bits of the Old Palace that survived the fire most notably
Westminster Hall, which was built between 1097 and 1099 by William
Rufus were incorporated into the new buildings we know today.
In 1844, Parliament decided that the new buildings for the Houses
of Parliament, by then under construction, should incorporate a
tower and clock. The commission for this work was awarded to the
architect Charles Barry.
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