Picture No | 11007298 |
Date | 1857 |
Description | Mechanism of the Great Cloak 1857 |
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In 1851, Edmund Beckett Denison designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster (the Houses of Parliament in London), responsible for the chimes of Big Ben.
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Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 7 February 1857, page 123 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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