Why Is the Famous Clock in London Called Big Ben?

Big Ben in London is not a clock.

It is a 13.5-ton bell in the clock tower of England’s Houses of Parliament.

Cast in 1858, the bell’s installation was directed by the rotund Sir Benjamin Hall, commissioner of works.

The bell was originally to be called Saint Stephen’s, but the British newspapers renamed it Big Ben.

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