Roof In The Big Ben Elizabeth Tower

The project began in 2017 and is due for completion in 2021.

Roof in the big ben elizabeth tower.

Damage left from the bombing of london during world war ii is being found 80 years later. Scaffolding surrounds the clock face of elizabeth tower big ben in london during its extensive four year restoration project. The remainder of the tower s height is a framed spire of cast iron. According to officials over the next three years the roof of the elizabeth tower will be stripped off and restored the bell frame repaired leaks into the clock room stemmed and a lift installed.

The great bell known to most as big ben has remained in the belfry of elizabeth tower whilst the most extensive programme of conservation work is carried out on the tower itself. The latest refurbishment of the structure during. It was in 2017 when the experts started examining and repairing the big ben in british parliament from the gilt cross and orb at its top to the bottom of its 334 step staircase. Carl court getty images it could be london s most recognizable structure.

The four clock dials are 180 feet 54 9 m above ground. Big ben has remained in situ but the great clock the 11 tonne mechanism that kept time and. The elizabeth tower housing the big ben bell is. Big ben is housed in elizabeth tower which rises above the palace of westminster along the river thames.

The tower was hit by a nazi bomb in 1941 air raid which even though the big ben withstood the bombardment had damaged its roof and dials along with the main house of commons chamber. Big ben is undergoing vital repair works to keep it in tip top condition. The tower is founded on a 50 feet 15 2 m square raft made of 10 feet 3 0 m thick concrete at a depth of 13 feet 4 0 m below ground level. Although the tower survived nazi bombing its roof and dials were damaged in a may 1941 air raid which destroyed the main house of commons chamber.

A general view of the elizabeth tower commonly known as big ben and the houses of parliament.