Big Ben
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London's famous clock tower. Big Ben is really the bell inside.
Everybody calls the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London Big Ben. But Big Ben is really the great bell inside, which weighs 13.7 tonnes. The tower itself is called the Elizabeth Tower.
The tower is 96 metres high and its clock has been running since 1859. Each of the four dials is seven metres across.
- high
- 96 m
- the clock started
- 1859
- the bell weighs
- 13.7 tonnes
- 1
The clock is kept on time with old pennies: one coin on the pendulum makes it run a little faster.
- 2
The minute hands are more than four metres long.
- 3
There are 334 steps up to the bells.
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