E like me kā mākou i ʻōlelo ai ma kahi ʻatikala i hala aku nei, ʻo ka Clock Nui Westminster kahi ʻāpana o ka Hale kiaʻi o Westminster a he nui ka poʻe e kuhi hewa nei ʻo Big Ben ia, akā i loko o ka ʻatikala like a mākou i ʻōlelo ai he pono kēia inoa iā ia. ticks i kēlā me kēia hola i hala.
No laila, hana ʻia ka Clock Nui Westminster o nā mea like ʻole, e hoʻopili ana i nā alo ʻaoʻao o ka uaki, nā bele, ka hale kiaʻi, ka lima e māka ana i ka hola a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, kēlā me kēia o kēia mau mea i loaʻa kahi ʻano Vistorian Gothic. , i hana ʻia me nā pōhaku lepo i uhi ʻia me ka pōhaku, kēia ma ke ʻano nui loa i ka wehewehe.
He 55 mika ke kiʻekiʻe o kēlā me kēia helehelena o ka uaki, ʻo kēia uaki kekahi o nā mea nui loa o ka honua i ka manawa i kūkulu ʻia ai. 2.7 mau mika ka lōʻihi o ka lima e hōʻailona ana i ka hola, ʻoiai ka mea e hōʻike ana i nā minuke i ana i ka 4.3 mika. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kēia mau mea āpau ma ka hale kiaʻi nui, e noho ana ma ke kumu o 15 × 15 mau mika, me ke kākoʻo ʻana o kēia kumu i ke kaupaona o 8667 mau tona.
ʻO ke kaulike ʻole o ka ʻāina i hoʻohuli ʻia ka hale kiaʻi i ka ʻaoʻao komohana ʻākau ma o 220 mau milima wale nō, kahi mea i pili ʻole i ka pahuhopu nui o kēia kia hoʻomanaʻo nui. Hoʻomaka ka Clock Nui o Westminster e hana ma ka lā 7 Kepakemapa 1859 a hiki i kēia lā.
E lilo i mea mua e wehewehe