My post of today is dedicated to the Big Ben watch. I'm very interested in it because it is one of the most important icons of UK. We can see it in lots of English movies and also, if you have never seen this monument, when you do it you can apreciate how beautiful is it!
About this icon, the tower was completed in 1858 and it is officially known as the Elizabeth Tower. In terms of the structure, it was builtd in Neo-gothic style and for that reason we can see how complex are their details on the top and in the middle of it. The clock and dials were designed by August Pugin. The interior volume of the tower is 164,200 cubic feet (4.650 cubic metres).
An interest fact was happened on New Year's Eve in 1962 when it entered with 10 minutes late in the new year due some technical faults produced in the Big Ben. That was the only occasion where the clock failed because it is able to withstand elements like snow or wind and even withstood the German bombing during The Second World War. Apart of that fact, the watch mantains his timeliness intact.
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