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The clock face on the iconic Elizabeth Tower which is home to the historic bell named Big …

Will they change "again"? North face of the clock was first part to be unveiled in stunning shade of blue The hands and clock face were originally Prussian blue during Victorian times Big Ben clock … If this were to be used with a clock using regular numbers, it would have the "6" at the bottom look like a "9".Can the past change? In 2017 the bell fell silent for 4 years due to restoration, and that includes re-painting the clock dials. They believe the Roman numerals are now much thinner than they remember, and harder to make out. The clock face of Big Ben of the Houses Of Parliament in Westminster, London, England, UK which was built on the site of the Royal Palace Of Westminster Clock Face on the Elizabeth Tower. The tower has been covered in 96,000 pieces of scaffolding and, for the first time since it was designed by Augustus Pugin in 1859, the 11½-ton clock has been dismantled.Palace of Westminster clockmakers Paul Roberson, Huw Smith and Ian Westworth spent eight days removing the 9ft hour hands and 14ft minute hands and lowering them 25 floors to the ground.Reyntiens Glass Studio will be replacing the 324 individual pieces of glass in the clock faces.Safe and sound: The minute hand is packed away into a wooden box before it is transported awayAll the metalwork has been transported to Sheffield-based Shepley Engineers for restoration or replacement.Scientists at Lincoln University made the discovery after analysing 128 samples of paint from the dial as part of the renovation.Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media GroupThe clock dials and face were four different shades of blue until 1930 when it was painted black.The north face was the first of the four famous clock faces to be seen in the original colour scheme from when it was built in 1859 by Sir Charles Barry.About time: the team prise apart the hands of Big Ben as the operation remove the hands beginThey then removed the huge clock mechanism and dismantled every cog.A workman inspects the Elizabeth Tower clock face as it is revealed in its new Prussian Blue colour replacing the familiar black paintWe are no longer accepting comments on this article.It has long been assumed that the metalwork on the four faces was black, but thanks to painstaking research, the hands and dials will become a deep Prussian blue when they go back on view.The north face of the Elizabeth Tower clock is the first to be unveiled in its original shade of blue, replacing the more familiar black colour scheme.Since then, however, the effects of weathering and pollution have meant that decorators assumed the metalwork was black.The 13.7 tonne bell known as Big Ben fell silent in August 2017 and is expected to be unveiled by 2021.Part of the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster has been revealed in a new deep Prussian blue from its Victorian origins.Tomorrow night the bells will ring in the New Year once again – although this year and next, they will be powered by an electric motor rather than by the original mechanism.The colour was employed by architect Charles Barry, who rebuilt the Palace of Westminster after it was destroyed by fire in 1834.The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.After more than a year of restoration the clock face and hands at the top of the Elizabeth Tower have been revealed in their original dazzling blue.Parliament's giant clock tower will also have the white and red emblem of St George featured prominently after the £61 million major renovation programme is finished.Researcher Rhiannon Clarricoates said in December: 'There have been four successive schemes of it being blue.

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