Little Ben was manufactured, according to Pevsner, by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon, and was erected in 1892; removed from the site in 1964, and restored and re-erected in 1981 by Westminster City Council with sponsorship from Elf Aquitaine Ltd "offered as a gesture of Franco-British friendship".
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My hands you may retard or may advance
my heart beats true for England as for France.
А replica of Little Ben was constructed in 1903 in Victoria, a capital city of Seychelles.