The Tower of Big Ben

HI, Welcome back to my blog! Do you have any structures that makes you amaze? I think you have one. Now, I wanna tell you about the amazing structures that world has. It'sThe Tower of Big Ben. Let's check it out!

Big Ben is the name that refers to a clock tower that is located in the Parliament House in estminster, London, United Kingdom, and is the second largest clock tower in the world. Hours in located in the northeast of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London. There is a reason this tower called Big Ben, Big Ben is actually the nickname of the bell located therein (formerly the Great Bell). The tower is also named The Tower of Big Ben, or inappropriately, the tower of St. Stephen.

Tower in height 96.3 meters (316 feet) and was built by the Victorian Gothic style. 61 meters (200 feet) below the clock is made of brick covered by stones, while the spire supported by an iron frame made of molten iron. The tower was built on land measuring 15 meters by 15 meters, the foundation made of concrete thickness of 3 meters (9 feet), at a depth of 4 meters (13 feet) below the surface. All the hours height of 55 meters (180 feet) from the ground.

This clock is well-known for its accuracy. The designer was a lawyer and amateur horologis Edmund Beckett Denison, and George Airy, the Astronomer of that kingdom. This clock was made by Edward John Dent, who completed it in 1854. But the tower of Big Ben has not been completed at that time until 1859.

The picture above is the Clock Mechanism. As you can see, it is a giant machine for the giant clock too. 

I hope sometimes I can visit there. Thankyou for your attention. Hope you enjoy it!