Big Ben Silenced 3 Hours by Fault in Cogwheels
<i> Reuters</i>
LONDON —
The familiar chimes of Big Ben were silenced for three hours Friday by a mechanical fault that froze the hands of the 130-year-old London landmark at the Houses of Parliament.
A Department of the Environment spokeswoman said a problem with the clock’s cogwheels was to blame, and experts easily repaired the fault.
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