Clock Gallery

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PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, London. Aerial view. Although a Royal Palace has stood on this site since about 1040 AD, most of the present Palace of Westminster, to give the Houses of Parliament its official name, was built 1839-1854. Westminster Bridge was the second masonry bridge over the Thames in London. It was originally built in 1750, and damaging the structure carried the death sentence. The present bridge was built in 1854-62

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PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, London. The Clock Tower colloquially known as Big Ben, located at the Palace of Westminster, which is alternatively known as the Houses of Parliament. View looking up from ground level with a street sign framing the tower in the foreground. Photographed by John Gay in 1965

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Clock, Gothic, Oblique, Politics, Signage, Tall, Time, Tower, Victorian

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PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, London. The clock tower of the Houses of Parliament viewed from Parliament Square. The huge bell housed in the clock tower and known as Big Ben came into operation in 1859. A red London bus is passing. Photographed by Eric de Mare between 1945 and 1980

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Clock, Politics, Statue, Time, Tower, Victorian