Big Ben - AJ

• Big Ben is a famous nickname for a big bell that rings at the clock tower, it is also located in Westminster, London, England. Officially, the tower itself was named the Elizabeth tower and it was named after the famous ruler of London, Queen Elizabeth, but before that it was named as the clock tower. Its most popular name was Big ben because it's huge size and it had weighed at about 13 tons that is 26,000 pounds! 
•  Big Ben is now currently the biggest four faced chiming clock in the world. The Big Ben cock tower has became one of England's most memorable landmarks and it also has an establishing shot of films.
• Many people in London, England  believe that it had gotten it's  name from sir Benjamin Hall. The clock alone in the tower had weighed around 5.8 Tons and that is about 11,000 pounds for a clock. It took 13 years to build the Big Ben, at it is Roughly at about 16 stories high.
• The people of London had named this bell, supposedly the big bell was going to be named Victoria after the queen Victoria, but as years people came up the name form as Big Ben it was finally made as it's new name.
• When are at the Big Ben clock tower you could feel it's vibrations moving from your head to your toes. In England instead of just making it their governments property they make it all of England's property, but must pay extra taxes for it.