How much does a Big Ben weigh?
Typical weight
13.76 t
That is 30,300 lb, or 13,800 kg.
The clock tower at the north end of the Palace of Westminster; Big Ben is properly the name of its great bell.
The bell named Big Ben; the tower itself is far heavier.
How that compares
Big Ben against things of a similar mass.
Whale shark 9,000–21,000 kg
Semi truck 12,000–36,290 kg
Garbage truck 12,000–20,000 kg
Concrete mixer truck 11,000–16,000 kg
Big Ben 13.76 t
City bus 11,000–20,000 kg
Double-decker bus 12.65 t
Hubble Space Telescope 11.11 t
More about Big Ben
- Big Ben vs Stonehenge Side by side
- Big Ben vs Leaning Tower of Pisa Side by side
Common questions
- How much does Big Ben weigh?
- Big Ben weighs 13.76 t (30,300 lb). The bell named Big Ben; the tower itself is far heavier.
Related pages
- How much does a Eiffel Tower weigh? 10,100 t
- How much does a Statue of Liberty weigh? 204 t
- How much does a Empire State Building weigh? 331,000 t
- How much does a Great Pyramid of Giza weigh? 5,900,000 t
- How much does a Golden Gate Bridge weigh? 804,700 t
- How much does a Christ the Redeemer weigh? 635 t
- How much does a Leaning Tower of Pisa weigh? 14,500 t
- How much does a Stonehenge weigh? 2–30 t
- How much does a CN Tower weigh? 117,900 t
- How much does a Washington Monument weigh? 82,420 t
- Big Ben vs Stonehenge Side by side
- Big Ben vs Leaning Tower of Pisa Side by side
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)