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Description: | Building work in progress at the reconstructed Crystal Palace exhibition hall in Sydenham Hill. The building was originally designed by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park to house a showcase of the century's technological achievements. The prefabricated building was dismantled after six months and rebuilt in south-east London. It was a milestone in the development of modern architecture for of its innovative use of wrought iron and glass, symbolic of English power both from a political and engineering standpoint. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | The Photographic Institution | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Construction Industry Cartography And Topography Leisure And The Arts Architecture Attractions Trade And Economics Industry | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Delamotte, Philip Henry (1820 - 1889) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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