Big Ben's north face is 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 Credit: London News Pictures. The ...

The 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 ...

Each of the four clock faces measures nine feet across. The sandstone tower stands 155 feet, 6 inches to the peak, with four interior floors, leading up to the top floor overlooking the park.

Westclox clocks, with their glow-in-the-dark faces, were once hand painted with radium, at the Radium Dial Co. and its successor, Luminous Processes, in Ottawa, Ill.