Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Ngoro huru, inozivikanwa zviri pamutemo seGreat Bell asi inonyatsozivikanwa seBig Ben, ndiyo ngoro huru pane dzose dziri mutemberi uye chikamu cheGreat Clock yeWestminster. Inonzwika seE-natural. Ruzha rwekutanga rwaive 16 ton (16.3 ton) awa bhero, rakaumbwa musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu 1856 muStockton-on-Tees naJohn Warner & Sons. Zvinofungidzirwa kuti bhero racho pakutanga raifanira kunzi Victoria kana kuti Royal Victoria mukuremekedza Mambokadzi Victoria, asi kuti imwe nhengo yeParamende yakapa bhero racho zita remadunhurirwa rekuti "Big Ben" panguva yekukurukurirana kweParamende; mashoko acho haana kunyorwa muHansard. Sezvo shongwe yacho yakanga isati yapera, bhero racho rakaiswa muNew Palace Yard asi, panguva yekuedzwa rakatsemuka risingakwanisi kugadziriswa uye rakatsiviwa. Ngoro yacho yakaumbwazve musi wa 10 Kubvumbi 1858 paWhitechapel Bell Foundry sebhero rinorema matani 131/2 (13.76 matani). Ngoro yechipiri yakaendeswa ichibva paimba yokuisira simbi ichiendeswa kuchivako ichi nechingoro chaidhonzwa nemabhiza gumi nematanhatu, vanhu vakawanda vachifara; yakabva yasimudzwa mamita 61,0 kusvika pachivako cheClock Tower, basa raitora maawa 18. Yakareba mamita 2,29 uye yakafara mamita 2,74. Iyi bhero idzva rakatanga kurira muna July 1859; muna September rakapwanyikawo pasi pebanga. Maererano nomutungamiriri wefekitari yacho, George Mears, mugadziri wenguva Denison akanga ashandisa sando yairema zvakapetwa kaviri pane yakataurwa. Kwemakore matatu Big Ben yakabviswa pakuita basa uye maawa akaridzwa pane yakaderera yezvikwiriso zvekota kusvikira yagadziriswa. Kuti agadziriswe, chimedu chesimbi chakanga chakagurwa kubva parutivi rwaiva pakatsemuka, uye bhero racho rakanga rapindurwa nechikamu chimwe muzvisere kuitira kuti sando itsva irove panzvimbo yakasiyana. Big Ben yave ichirira nenzwi rakasiyana zvishoma kubvira ipapo, uye ichiri kushandiswa nanhasi nokuputsika kwayo kusina kugadziriswa. Big Ben yakanga iri bhero guru zvikurusa muBritish Isles kutozosvikira "Great Paul", bhero rinorema matani 163/4 (17 tonnes) zvino rakarembera muSt Paul's Cathedral, rakakandwa muna 1881.  Mubvunzo: Bhora rakakandwazve rini?
10 April 1858