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Benjamin Hall

Benjamin Hall is the civil engineer and commissioner of public works in London, England who ordered the bell known as Big Ben cast in 1856.

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The Story of Big Ben (http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/bigben.htm)

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