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The Crystal Palace was built specifically to house the Great Exhibition of 1851
The Great Exhibition of 1851.
It wasn't. The building known as the Crystal Palace was built to house some of the exhibits of the Great Exhibition in 1851.
The great Exhibition took place in the Crystal Palace in 1851.
To house the Great Exhibition of 1851
1872
The original Crystal Palace was a very large building covered in glass, built for the Great Exhibition of 1951. It was destroyed by fire in 1936.
1851 Great Exhibition in London ( the Crystal Palace Exhibition I believe)
no it was constructed of glass wood and cast iron. It was used as a great exhibition hall and held many innovations of the industrial revolution.
Prince Albert
To hold the Great Exhibition of 1851
Queen Victoria was on the throne at the time and her husband Prince Albert encouraged the construction of he Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851.