HOW WAS THE CRYSTAL PALACE CONSTRUCTED?
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JOSEPH PAXTON
N’S FINAL DESIGN Paxton’s original design was created on blotting paper as is shown here
Paxton was only 23 when he first designed the blueprints for the Crystal Palace. With previous architectural accomplishments like the Chatsworth Building, he was already very familiar with the use of glass and iron. Overall the design process took Paxton 10 days, and his designed was favoured due to his connections within the committee.
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TERIALS 5000 MEN WORKED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PALACE
300,000 SHEETS OF GLASS WERE NEEDED TO MAKE THE PALACE
4000 TONNES OF IRON WERE NEEDED
IT COST £79,800 AT THE TIMETO BUILD
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It required o columns, 2,2 beams of la guttering addition to were broug to he
column ends were lathe turned, the canvas gaskets were dipped in white lead at the joints to seal them, there was a three inch deep collar with a connecting lip and the girders were secured with wrought iron wedges
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over 4,000 tonnes of iron, 1,100 224 trellis girders, countless aminated wood and 30 miles of g to complete the building. In o that, 5,000 workers ‘navvies’ ght in from around the country elp in its construction.
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power, horsepower and cranes tion of the Crystal Palace. These heavier elements like the arched y lifted and secured. At the top, or the materials to be sent up so weld, insert putty and glaze the building.
The placing of the glass In its time, The Crystal Palace used the largest glass sheets of any building in the world. 300,000 sheets were used, each measuring 4ft 1x10inches.
In order to mount these windows, navvies were hoisted to the top and placed on a glazing waggon where the windows were secured using putty.
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THE COMPLETE MEASURED 1848FT AND WAS OPENED THE 1ST OF MAY 1 FEAT OF VICTORIAN BREATH TAKING
THE EXHIBIT HELD 13,000 EXHIBITS FROM ACORSS BRITIAN, THE EMPIRE AND OTHER COUNTIRES, IT HELD SUCH WONDERS AS THE WORLDS LARGEST DIAMOND, A COLLECTION OF DINOSAUR RECREATIONS AND A STUFFED ELEAPHANT.
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ED CRYSTAL PALACE T LONG AND 456 FT HIGH D BY QUEEN VICTORIA ON 1851, THE PALACE WAS A N ENGINEERING AND WAS TO IT’S MANY VISITORS
REBECCA GRAHAM AND HAZEL MASON