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Big Ben: Damage to the clock mechanism 5 August 1976

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Big Ben: Inside the Clock Tower

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items are from between 01 Nov 2007 & 06 Jan 2009.

Big Ben: Damage to the clock mechanism 5 August 1976 by UK Parliament
Big Ben: The 182nd step by UK Parliament
Looking up the stairwell of Big Ben by UK Parliament
Looking down the stair case in the Clock Tower (Big Ben) by UK Parliament
Internal view of the clock face (Big Ben) by UK Parliament
Big Ben: Pendulum coins and the log sheet by UK Parliament
Clock Tower (Big Ben) engineer being filmed at work by UK Parliament
Weight shaft by UK Parliament
Big Ben from above by UK Parliament
Big Ben from above by UK Parliament
A quarter bell from above by UK Parliament
Winding handle by UK Parliament
Words to the quarter chimes by UK Parliament
Auto winder by UK Parliament
Bevel work by UK Parliament
Clock Tower stairwell by UK Parliament
Detail on Big Ben by UK Parliament
Crack in Big Ben by UK Parliament
Detail on Big Ben by UK Parliament
Detail on Big Ben by UK Parliament
Strike point on Big Ben by UK Parliament
Inside a quarter bell by UK Parliament
The Great Bell (Big Ben) by UK Parliament
A quarter bell by UK Parliament
The Great Bell (Big Ben) by UK Parliament
Clock face inspection hatch by UK Parliament
Illuminating the clock faces by UK Parliament
Lights used to illuminate the clock faces by UK Parliament
Internal view of one of the clock faces by UK Parliament
Internal view of one of the clock faces by UK Parliament
A Dutton Regulator by UK Parliament
Step 182 by UK Parliament
Clapper by UK Parliament
Big Ben's hammer by UK Parliament
Entrance to the Clock Tower by UK Parliament
Entrance to the Clock Tower by UK Parliament
The chiming train by UK Parliament
The hour striking train by UK Parliament
The Great Bell (Big Ben) by UK Parliament
The Great Clock of Westminster by UK Parliament
Shelf of the pendulum rod by UK Parliament
Microphones by UK Parliament
Aryton light by UK Parliament
Clock mechanism by UK Parliament
Fly fans by UK Parliament
The Great Clock of Westminster by UK Parliament
The Great Bell (Big Ben) by UK Parliament
The chimes of Big Ben by UK Parliament
Fly fans by UK Parliament
The Great Clock's pendulum bob by UK Parliament
Internal view of one of the clock faces by UK Parliament

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