There’s no one widely accepted story for how the recast bell got its now-famous crack. Once Americans gained independence in 1776, the landmark fell by the wayside until the 1830s, when abolitionists adopted the bell (dubbing it “The Liberty Bell” in William Lloyd Garrison’s anti-slavery publication, The Liberator) as a symbol for their movement. The recast behemoth weighed in at 2,000 pounds: 70 percent copper, 25 percent tin, and a scattering of lead, zinc, gold, silver, and arsenic. They also added more copper, to make the bell less brittle, and silver, to sweeten its tone. Two local craftsmen, John Pass and John Stow, twice cast a new bell using metal from the cracked English bell. When the bell arrived in Philadelphia in 1752, it cracked on its first test strike. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry-famous for casting Big Ben a century later and listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as Great Britain’s oldest manufacturing company-dropped the ball on the bell, casting it with too-brittle metals. In 1751, the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly shelled out 100 pounds to London’s Whitechapel Bell Foundry for a bell to hang in the State House (known post-Revolution as Independence Hall). Please contact us if your device is not supported.Chalk the Philly landmark’s famous blemish up to faulty building materials from across the pond. this live wallpaper has been tested on latest devices all permission are required by ad network. hd wallpapers compatible with 99% mobile devices in 2012, its name was changed to the elizabeth tower in honor of queen elizabeth ii's diamond jubilee. the tower has a height of 316 feet and the diameter of the clock faces is nearly 25 feet. in the mid-19th century, the clock was installed and it was simply called the clock tower. there also are four other bells associated with this clock, but they are quarter bells. it is believed that the hour bell was nicknamed big ben after either commissioner of works sir benjamin hall,or boxer benjamin caunt, but there is no documented evidence that supports this. There were two hour bells made in the 1850s because the original one cracked. although many people refer to the clock tower as big ben, this name actually applies to the clock tower's hour bell. as of 2014, big ben is still considered the largest clock in the united kingdom. big ben in london is a famous landmark because at one time the clock was the biggest in the world. If you are wondering why is big ben famous. you can also download other live wallpaper in case you don’t find this lwp suitable for you, we had a vast lwp collection for your samsung phone so, check the breathtaking image for your smartphone background, and you will fall in love with your mobile phone again. we have the best collection of big ben wallpapers. downloads big ben wallpapers from our store page. Set the app as live wallpaper to decorate your phone. This application is a live wallpaper or screensaver of big ben wallpapers
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