An old engraving showing the arrangement of columns and girders at London’s Crystal Palace. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The upright poles and cross-beam in the foreground allowed the vertical columns and girders to be lifted. The girders were over 23 feet (7 metres) in length and made the structure incredibly rigid. The palace held The Great Exhibition of 1851, Hyde Park, London, England, UK. Its architect was Sir Joseph Paxton and its innovative use of cast iron and glass was a highlight of Victorian engineering.
An old engraving showing the arrangement of the cast-iron columns and girders at London’s Crystal Palace opened in 1851. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The upright poles and cross-beam in the foreground allowed the vertical columns to be lifted. After this the girders were hoisted in a similar manner. The girders (examples shown bottom) were over 23 feet (7 metres) in length. Their deep design made the structure incredibly rigid. The palace was the home of The Great Exhibition of 1851 at Hyde Park, London, England, UK. Its architect was Sir Joseph Paxton and its innovative use of cast iron and glass construction was a highlight of Victorian engineering. The building was moved to Sydenham in 1852, to a location in Crystal Palace Park opened by Queen Victoria in 1854. It burnt down in 1936.
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Location: Hyde Park, London, England, UK
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