A few blows brought forth its fine clear tones, and proved it to be without crack or flaw, and it now rests securely on a base of strong timbers till the builder’s task of suspending it in its place in the tower can he accomplished.” With considerable difficulty "Big Ben" was borne to the clock tower, where it was suspended from a temporary but massive framework, for the purpose of being tested. The accident which had befallen it when first shipped for London gave zest to the curiosity of the onlookers, and as some alarmists had predicted that its enormous weight would never get over crazy Westminster Bridge in safety, a little excitement attended its passage - just enough to give a sensation of pleasure and enjoyment when the feat was accomplished. An immense crowd was assembled to witness the progress of the new bell, which, in point of size and material, throws all our old much-famed bells into the shade.
"Big Ben," so named after Sir Benjamin Hall was disembarked at a wharf on the south side of the river, and thence drawn by sixteen horses in proud triumph over Westminster Bridge, which trembled beneath the unaccustomed load.
“Yesterday we had a real spectacle - that of the great bell, "Big Ben of Westminster," moving in procession to the new Palace.
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