The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure built in London to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace for many years was the site of shows, exhibitions, concerts, soccer games, and other entertainments. In 1936, it was destroyed by fire and the towers that survived were finally demolished in 1941 because they was conspiracy that German bombers would attack it. (Chapter 19)

The transept of the Crystal Palace, designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, at the Great Exhibition of 1851, Hyde Park, London.

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