The Crystal Palace
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London, United Kingdom
A large exhibition hall designed in the Victorian style by the British architect Joseph Paxton for the first Great Exhibition held in London in 1851.
The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure. The technical advances of the Industrial Revolution and progress in the production of iron made it possible to do without load-bearing walls completely. The Crystal Palace was a symbol of progress and later served as a model for many buildings inspired by it. Johann Conrad Fischer was also enthusiastic about this structure and produced an interesting drawing in order to compare its dimensions with those of the town of Schaffhausen.
The Crystal Palace was originally built in Hyde Park and was relocated after the Exhibition ended to Sydenham in the London area of Lewisham, the present-day locality of Crystal Palace. It was completely destroyed by fire following an explosion on 30 November 1936. Only two towers, distorted by the fire, remained standing, but they were later removed during Word War II.
Note about the map: The localisation on the map represents the location of the place from the time of Johann Conrad Fischer. Today, the name Crystal Palace is used for the district.
Traveljournal 1851
- Thoughts about the Great Exhibition in London 1851
- Cologne–Ostend, 15 June 1851
- The exhibition site: first impressions, 17 June 1851
- Fischer’s first visit, 18 June 1851
- Fischer’s second visit, 19 June 1851
- The “five shilling evening”, 21 June 1851
- Fischer’s fourth visit, 23 June 1851
- Fischer and his exhibits, 25 June 1851
- Fischer’s walks through London, 26 June 1851
- Further highlights of the Exhibition, 29 June 1851
- Fischer on the visit by the British seamen, 30 June 1851
- Fischer’s seventh visit, 1 July 1851
- London–Birmingham, 3 July 1851
- Birmingham–Manchester, 5 July 1851
- The importance of free trade for England
- Appendix: Ground plan of the Crystal Palace and of the city of Schaffhausen
- Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.
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