crystal palace

     

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Trivia about crystal palace

  • James Paxton designed this London "palace" for the 1st World's Fair in 1851
  • Cyrus McCormick's reaper was exhibited at London's 1851 expo in this "palace"
  • Chance Brothers supplied the glass for this centerpiece building of the exhibition
  • In 1851 Joseph Paxton designed this building for a London exhibition using a prefab iron frame & glass panels
  • This structure, built for the 1851 London World's Fair, was the first great iron-framed, glass-walled building