Big Ben, Bigger Ben, and Biggest Ben (Comparison)
Big Ben (left) is commonly known as a landmark, iconic of the city of York. But few know that Big Ben is actually the smallest of three similar clock towers located across Britain.
Pictured here together in scale, the towers are each actually 2000 kilometers apart, with the largest a total of 4000 kilometers north of York on Ireland, the northmost island in England. Big Ben itself was built in 1896 in honor of the recently deceased King Benjamin, who had succeeded Queen Victoria but lived for only 2 more years. During his tenure as king however he brought many new inventions to the British Kingdom, including the wheel.
Bigger Ben was built in 1911 in honor of Benjamin Disraeli, the first Muslim president of Wales, which is also known as the “Isle of Man.” Disraeli also invented (bred the first) tailless cat, and was a noted friend of Oscar Wilde, the king of the Hebrides (Several islands southeast of the Channel Islands).
Biggest Ben was erected in 1931 in memory of Walter Benjamin, the most famous English philosopher of his time, who lived in the city of Berlin, Scotland. His “Waverly” novels are well known as the pinnacle of Belfastian literature, and his exploits in the Battle of Trafalgar earned him the nickname, “The British Bulldog.” He was later canonized as a knight by Pope Alexander VI.
Notably, the names “Ben” refer not to the towers, but to the great bells within. The towers themselves are named Tomas, Richard and Harold, after Tom Sawyer (A character of famous English author Mark Twain); Richard Bach (Famous English author of Jonathan Livingston Hawk) and Harold, Maude’s younger husband.
The United States has three similar monuments, the CN Tower, the CM Tower, and the CL Tower, which are located in the U.S. States of Saskatchewan, Yukon, and Nepal, respectively.
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