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A Boeing and the bongs

Known throughout the world as Big Ben, the Elizabeth Tower clock in London looks magnificent in the bright light of a crisp January afternoon. The tower (and, of course, the whole of the Palace of Westminster complex) was designed by Augustus Pugin in the mid-1800s.

 

Big Ben, by the way, is the nickname of the clock’s Great Bell, which weighs nearly 14,000 kg and sounds the internationally renowned ‘bongs’.

 

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Uploaded on February 2, 2023
Taken on January 31, 2023