USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Crystal Palace was erected in Hyde Park, London, for the Great Exhibition in 1851. The Great Exhibition was conceived to symbolize the industrial, military, and economic sense of superiority felt by the British during the Industrial Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -People were astounded to behold a building built using iron and plate-glass, not crystal as the name suggests. The exhibition hall showcased England as a leader in technology and innovation following the peak of their industrial revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Crystal Palace was first erected in Hyde Park in 1850-51 to house the world’s first international trade fair, the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Exhibition’s origins lay in the national exhibitions of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), and particularly in the Paris Exposition of 1849.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Crystal Palace was an enormous success, considered an architectural marvel, but also an engineering triumph that showed the importance of the Exhibition itself. The building was later moved and re-erected in 1854 in enlarged form at Sydenham Hill in south London, an area that was renamed Crystal Palace.