The Latest on Big Ben's bell going silent (all times local): 12 p.m. Britain's Big Ben has bonged the hour for the last time ahead of almost four years of repair work.

Officials tested the bell daily, but in October 1857, a crack appeared, so a second bell was cast — Big Ben. In July 1859, Big Ben first chimed, but not for long. In September of that year, a ...

LONDON — Happy Birthday, Big Ben. One of Britain’s last bell foundries on Thursday marked the 150th anniversary of its biggest creation — the massive bell whose bongs sound the hour at the ...

LONDON — Big Ben's iconic bell sounded the hour for the last time Monday before it went silent for nearly four years of repair work. After 12 deep bongs at noon (7 a.m. ET), the bell began its ...

LONDON - Big Ben is back to normal. The melodic quarter-hour chimes from Britain's Houses of Parliament that precede the famous bonging of the 13-ton Big Ben bell have been ...

The British Parliament’s Big Ben bell is due to sound the hour for the last time on Monday before it is silenced for almost four years of repair work that will deprive London of one of its most ...

The bell, crack and all, remains in use, and has become a symbol of reassuring reliability. During World War II, Big Ben's resonant bongs became a sign of resistance to Nazi bombs.

Read more: Big Ben's bong is about to be silenced until 2021. The Great Bell, the biggest of five within the tower, has been recreated in a vibration map by researchers from the University of ...

Today’s page looks at this world-famous clock which is also a landmark in London, England. THE clock famously known as Big Ben began with the destruction of the Palace of Westminster by fire … ...

However, for those about to point out that Big Ben is actually the name of the bell inside the tower, this isn’t strictly accurate either. Its official name is the Great Bell.