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Daily Herald Photograph: Steeplejacks cleaning the face of Big Ben

National Science and Media Museum

National Science and Media Museum
Bradford, United Kingdom

One photograph of 5 steeplejacks in slings cleaning Big Ben's face. Caption on back reads: 'Looking down upon the workmen swinging in their cradles high above Parliament Square as they work on the task of cleaning the four faces of the famous Big Ben. It is an eight-day operation to clean the faces which are 23 feet in diameter'.

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  • Title: Daily Herald Photograph: Steeplejacks cleaning the face of Big Ben
  • Date Created: 1950-08-16
  • Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  • Rights: © Hulton Archive/Getty Images
  • Maker: Central Press Photos Ltd
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