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Taking "Big Ben" from the foundry to the Westminster clock tower...
Taking "Big Ben" from the foundry to the Westminster clock tower...
Item # 669601
November 01, 1856
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Nov. 1, 1856
* Big Ben - Great Bell
* Palace of Westminster
Inside has a nearly half page print captioned: "Removal of the Bell For the Great Clock of Westminster Palace."
This is what we know as the original "Big Ben", the largest of the bells in the Westminster clock tower. Although technically Big Ben is just the bell, the name is often used for the iconic clock tower. This bell would crack before being mounted in the clock tower requiring another to be cast two years later.
Complete in 24 pages, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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