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Climbing the medieval clock tower of St. Albans Special

Saint Albans - The market city of St Albans, located in Hertfordshire, England, has a fifteenth century clock tower. The tower is occasionally open for visitors and this spring Digital journal paid a visit.

Election projection: UK poll results will be beamed onto Big Ben

By Andrew John

London - The BBC has announced that it will, for the first time ever, project the results of this week’s general election in the UK onto St Stephen’s Tower at the Houses of Parliament.

Big Ben Chimes Again

By KJ Mullins

Big Ben hasn't delighted Londoners with hourly music for seven weeks but at noon Monday the famous bong sounded. The silence was due to maintenance. Although the chimes were quiet the mighty clock continued to keep citizens in check on what time it is.

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A view of Big Ben in London

David Silverberg

The four-legged gravity escapement clock mechanism within the clock tower.

Tim Sandle

Chesham's central feature: the town's clock tower

Tim Sandle

Third and Main St., downtown Conway, South Carolina looking back to the Waccama River Memorial Bridge at the entrance to downtown, with the City Hall and clock tower on the corner.

Elizabeth Parker