As it went up, now to public excitement and awe, Punch, which had deplored the concept in each weekly issue, christened what was formerly Albert's folly a "Crystal Palace." It caught on.

The building will be made suitable for permanently remaining on the site and will in every way outshine the Crystal ... Great Eastern will be able to find profitable employment during the ...

Commemorative plate of the Great Exhibition ... designed the exhibition building which was made of glass, iron and timber. The seemingly fragile structure was nicknamed 'The Crystal Palace ...

Invention allowed rapid construction of Crystal Palace before Great Exhibition READ MORE: 10 'at risk' Victorian and Edwardian sites we're desperate to save It was one of Britain's greatest ever ...

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