Originally build in Hyde Park to showcase the great exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was eventually moved to a suburb of London, now known as Upper Norwood where between 1854 and 1936, it became a popular destination for thousands of Victorian pleasure seekers.
After it’s moved from Hyde Park, the huge rod iron and glass, round up being about 560 meters in length and around 50 meters high. It was created by Joseph Paxton, who received the—for his efforts.
For many years, the palace was a great attraction with his exhibitions of arts and crafts or dinosaurs. Its firework displays, balloon launches, its fountains and trees and grand events of just a three-day festival that handles music.
Queen Victoria herself called the place enchanting but during the depression, diminishing ticket sales led to poor maintenance and the final—is the fire was ravaged the building on the night of the 30th of November 1936.
Around 6PM, the manager, Henry Buckland saw a red glow in the staff lavatory. He called and went back to his duties but within five minutes, the building was a blaze. 381 fire fighters using 89 engines battled the flames but to no avail. Rumors of assents spread but it seems likely, it was all just a tragic accident. And just as with a smaller earlier fire in 1866, there wasn’t sufficient insurance to cover the cause of rebuilding.
The destruction of the south tower meant the loss of much of the pioneering work John Logie Baird who’d been conducting television experiments there. The only parts left standing with the two mighty water towers constructed by the great Victorian engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
These two was dismantled in the Second World War because of fears, the Germans could use them to navigate their way to London. And as the fire destroyed London’s favorite playground, the future Prime Minister went to the church pronounced, this is the end of an age.
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