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Apr. 16, 1959 - This Year Is The Hundredth Birthday Of Big Ben: This year us the hundredth birthday of Big Ben, The first day of its service as a time keeper 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 Hallm, a stout party who had been First Commissioner of Works in 1855-58. It is important to remember that Big Ben is strictly the house bell; although the name has been extended in of ordinary speech the clock tower, The Original Big Ben was cast on Aug 6, 1856 at Norton-on-Tees and shipped to London where it was puled owner Westminster Bridge in a truck dran by 16 white horses and hung on gallows in the New Palace Yard for testing. A crack was discovered and the well had to recast. A few months later after starting work in the in tower, Big Ben the second also cracked, and up o 1862 it remained silent until adjusted on the advice of the Astronomer Royal. This crack is still apparent. Photo shows 66-year-old Mr. Arthur Lovering, a guide, stands beside the works of Big Ben in the Clock room in the tower

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