The giant clock weighs over 11 tons and has more than 1,000 pieces. Hard to imagine what it took to build such a thing in 1859. Big Ben itself — the bell — weighs even more than the clock at ...

It weighs an impressive 1,000 tons. The massive structure was lifted into place on March 23, using a 3,200-ton crawler crane. According to a report from World Nuclear News, the process took just ...