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Also famously cracked like the Liberty Bell, this 14-ton landmark still sounds its distinctive bong every hour |
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WORLD LANDMARKS |
2023-10-04 |
#15 |
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Clock &/or bell in the Elizabeth Tower |
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$600 |
J |
A LANDMARK DESIGNATION |
2018-06-22 |
#7790 |
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This London bell weighs 13 tons, so it's louder than your old alarm clock |
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$600 |
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SURPRISE! I GOT YOU A LANDMARK! |
2013-02-05 |
#6537 |
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This name properly refers to only the great hour bell at the northern end of London's Houses of Parliament |
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$200 |
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LANDMARKS |
2011-09-30 |
#6215 |
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Completed in 1858, it was to be named St. Stephen, but was nicknamed this, honoring the chief commissioner of the works |
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BRITISH LANDMARKS |
2011-04-25 |
#6136 |
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Penny coins are added or taken away from this London landmark's pendulum to fine-tune its accuracy |
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$600 |
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LANDMARKS |
2008-04-15 |
#5442 |
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This 13 1/2-ton London bell was first heard on radio on New Year's Eve, 1923 |
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$500 |
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WORLD LANDMARKS |
1991-05-13 |
#1556 |
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An 1844 review said, it"wasn't justified by utility when almost every mechanic carries a watch" |
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$500 |
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LONDON LANDMARKS |
1991-01-03 |
#1464 |