Talk:Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster
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- See also Talk:Big Ben for older discussion.
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[edit] St Stephen's Tower
The St. Stephen's Tower / Clock Tower confusion is a personal bugbear. I originally investigated the name of the tower which houses Big Ben, following a bet with a friend of mine. After contacting the Palace of Westminster, I discovered that no-one at the Palace (including the staff that work in the clock tower itself) refer to it as St. Stephen's Tower, and that it is simply referred to as The Clock Tower. This is reflected on the UK Parliament website [1].
There are three towers in the Palace of Westminster - The Clock Tower to the north, Victoria Tower to the south, and the Central Tower above the central corridor between the House of Lords and House of Commons. - MykReeve 01:09, 22 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- According to the Warden of the Clock Tower (a friend of mine), St. Stephen's Tower is what you are calling Central Tower. David Brooks 04:38, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Big Ben (Bell)
I'm trying to go through all pages that link to Big Ben at present, avoiding links to disambiguation pages. Most link to this page, as they refer to the clock tower. However, some refer to the bell, which is the correct usage. As the bell itself has no article, I propose to split that section off to form Big Ben (bell). Any comments? — Tivedshambo (talk to me/look at me/ignore me) — 09:04, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
- If you are going to do that, I would suggest putting the article at Big Ben and moving the disambiguation page that's currently there to Big Ben (disambiguation). Anyone else have any thoughts? Gasheadsteve 12:36, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Once the biggest clock??
What about the clock face of St. Peter, Zürich 28.5 feet in diameter, installed in 1534 ?? Stumps 15:46, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Messiah
The quarter-bells are supposed to play a tune from Handel's Messiah. This claim is featured in the exhibition within the tower itself. Can anyone actually point to the movement of the oratorio they come from? I'm pretty familiar with the work, and the tune doesn't ring a bell (sorry!). David Brooks 16:26, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, never mind. I just read Westminster Quarters. David Brooks 16:28, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Its reputed to come from the aria "I know that my Redeemer Liveth". The original chime was used at St Mary in Cambridge. Edmund Beckett Dennsison, the designer of the Great Clock was at Cambridge and would have know the St Mary's chime well; it was almost certainly chosen by him. Chris McKay
[edit] Why I can't hear the bell on the radio?
I'm a Chinese and just know little about the Big Ben. Excited when I found the strikes can be heard on BBC, however, I can't hear the strike hours but "Bee, Bee..." on the BBC World Service on the Internet. Is that canceled?--Walter Smith 10:50, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
- 6pm on Radio 4 weekdays. Don't know about world service.--Mongreilf 18:52, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Minor contradiction: Bell weight?
Well, there seams to be a minor contradiction regarding the big bell in the article. In section "Clock faces", it's stated that "[...] its metal was recast as the 12.5 tonne (13.8 ton) bell which is in use today.", whereas in the section "The main bell" the bell is said it "weighs 13 metric tonnes and is 2.2 metres high.". - So, which statement is correct? MikeZ 10:52, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
- After the weight was given to be 13.5 tonnes by the cited reference, I changed the ton value to 14.9 ton. - Please review, as I'm not at all used to imperial measurements. Thanks, MikeZ 13:21, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Gare de Lyon
This article claims that the clock tower of the Gare de Lyon in Paris, France is "inspired by" the Palace of Westminster Clock Tower. Unlike the other tower listed as "inspired by" the Westminster Clock Tower, the Peace Tower in Ottawa, the Gare de Lyon clock tower does not look particularly similar at all, other than the fact that they are both turret clock towers. Is there any evidence that the Paris tower was actually inspired by the Westminster one? --thirty-seven 09:32, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Changing the time on big ben.
Anyone any idea how they change the time on big ben in the spriong and autumn??
Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.141.184.98 (talk) 20:24, 26 March 2007 (UTC).
