Big Ben | |
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Base Cost | 1760 |
Era | Industrial Era |
Provides | Doubles your current treasury +6 Gold +3 Great Merchant Point per turn. +1 Economic Policy slot |
Technology | Economics |
Wonder Movie | |
Description | |
+1 Economic policy slot Doubles current treasury. Must be built next to a river adjecent to a Commercial Hub district with a Bank |
Big Ben is one of the Wonders in Civilization VI.
Notes[ | ]
- Must be built next to a River adjacent to a Commercial Hub District with a Bank.
- Doubles your current treasury
- The +1 Economic Policy Slot is only added at time of construction. Capturing this wonder does not award an additional policy slot. This is both before and after the Fall 2016 Patch and appears to be intentional.
Quote[ | ]
“ | Don't watch the big clock; do what it does. Keep going. | „ |
~ Sam Levenson |
Historical context[ | ]
The giant bell, Big Ben is housed in the Elizabethan tower - so named to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (being just the "Clock Tower" before that) - at the north end of the Palace of Westminster, where sits the Houses of Parliament. Being rather casual in language, most Brits and flocks of tourists tend to refer to the whole thing as "Big Ben". The great 16-ton bell was cast in August 1856 at the foundry at Stockton-On-Tees and recast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in April 1858 after it cracked while being transported to London. The pendulum clockwork was designed by the Astronomer Royal and crafted by the clockmaker Edward Dent and his stepson Frederick; it was ready in 1854. So fine is the precision, that adding or removing a penny (English, of course) to the pendulum will change the speed by four-tenths of a second each day. But all had to await the completion of the clock tower itself, which wasn't done until 1859. Despite being silenced during wartime an the occasional breakdown Big Ben has chimed the hour ever since.