Skip to main content



 : Winding up Big Ben?s Clock 1877


Winding up Big Ben?s Clock 1877

It took two men several hours three times a week to wind up the Clock Tower (Elizabeth Tower), so Londoners could get an accurate time

Picture No
10209415
Media ID
47407967
Size
5688px x 4044px (4.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Engraving by Charles Paul Renouard in The Graphic', 29 October 1887, page 477
Date
1877

Pick your License

Please tell us the book title or ISBN

Please supply intended use


 

Cogs Londons Mechanical Mechanism Wind Up Wind-up Winding


Features In These Collections

> Contributors > MEI

Gallery Wall Inspiration

Interior of the Free Library, Liverpool
St. Nicholas Church and Signal Tower, Liverpool
Dinner Time at the Clare-Market Ragged School 1869
COVENT GARDEN 1847
HIGHLAND REEL/TULLOCH
LOCH NESS MONSTER
Demonstration at Mulla (Mullagh), Tullamore
OXFORD V CAMBRIDGE 1866
OXFORD V CAMBRIDGE 1877
Collision off Point Lynas
TITANIC LAST MOMENTS
Liverpool Illustrated - Lime Street
The Custom House, Liverpool
Liverpool Illustrated - The Exchange news rooms
Liverpool - A conversazione at the Art Club
Sailors Home, Liverpool
Warehouses, Back Goree, Liverpool
The Savidge Enquiry: A Matter of Urgent Public Importance
Liverpool masthead - Graphic supplement 1877
SIERRA LEONE/MATACONG
Advert for Humber bicycles 1889
Garibaldi visiting Elms railway 1864
Marconi using Kite Aerial to get Signal 1901
MILDENHALL IN INDIA 1599
EDWARD VII/WEDDING 1863
Edward, Prince of Wales, attacked 1900
The old clothes market, camp field, Manchester 1870



 
© Copyright Mary Evans Picture Library - All Rights Reserved 2026
Powered by Media Storehouse®
We accept all major payment options so you can pay for the things you need in the way that is most convenient for you
Facebook     Twitter     Instagram