The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and plate-glass building, which was originally built in Hyde Park, London. Designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, the building was 564 metres long and with an interior of 39 metres height. Since it was made by large sheets of strong glass, the visitors were amazed by the building and have never seen anything like that before. henceforth, it was called The Crystal Palace (it was originally named as The Great Exhibition of 1851 Of Industry Of All Nations).
As the original title mentions, it housed an enormous exhibition of various products from the entire world. there were about 100,000 objects which were displayed along more that 10 miles by over 15,000 contributors. The objects varied from a Hydraulic Press, a Printing Machine, carriages, drapery, sculptures and much more.
Six months later, the structure was disassembled and then reassembled again in Sydenham Hill in South London. Unfortunately, the building was destroyed by fire in 1936.
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