The Crystal Palace
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The Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure designed by garden designer Joseph Paxton. It was originally built in Hyde Park to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Being three times larger than St Pauls Cathedral it was able to house more than 14000 exhibitors from around the world.
Once the Great Exhibition was over the building was moved to Sydenham Hill in South London where it remained until it was destroyed by fire in 1936.
This reconstruction has been modelled on the building as it was at Sydenham Hill in South London. The image is portraying an event which took place at Crystal Palace Park in 1900
‘The Festival of Balloons’.
The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure designed by garden designer Joseph Paxton. It was originally built in Hyde Park to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Being three times larger than St Pauls Cathedral it was able to house more than 14000 exhibitors from around the world. Once the Great Exhibition was over the building was moved to Sydenham Hill in South London where it remained until it was destroyed by fire in 1936.
This reconstruction has been modelled on the building as it was at Sydenham Hill in South London. The image is portraying an event which took place at Crystal Palace Park in 1900 : ‘The Festival of Balloons’
