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Apr. 16, 1959 - This Year is The Hundredth Birthday Of Big Ben : This year is the hundredth birthday of Big Ben. The first day of its service as a timekeeper is reckoned as May 31, and as a striking clock July 11, in 1859. The name is traditionally derived from the nickname of Sir Benjamin Hall, a stout party who had been First Commissioner of works in 1855-58. It is impotent to remember that Big Ben is strictly the hour bell; although the name has been extended in ordinary speech to include the Chimes, the dials, and even the clock tower. The original Big Ben was cast on Aug 6, 1856 at Norton-on -Tees and Shipped to London where it was piled over Westminster Bridge in a truck drawn by 16 white horses and hung n gallows in the New-palace yard testily. Crack was discovered and the bell had to be recast. A few months later after starting work in the in tower, it remained silent until adjusted on the advice of the Astronomer Royal. This crack is still apparent. Photo Shows 66-year-old Mr.Arthur Love ring a guide, looks up the Well formed by the 336 stairs to the belfry. he claims these stairs three or four times a day

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