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Crystal Palace

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Crystal Palace
n
(Placenames / Named Buildings) a building of glass and iron designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Erected in Hyde Park, London, it was moved to Sydenham (1852-53): destroyed by fire in 1936
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The Crystal Palace was six miles away from Bun Hill, a great facade that glittered in the morning, and was a clear blue outline against the sky in the afternoon, and of a night, a source of gratuitous fireworks for all the population of Bun Hill.
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And now the day of the Final at the Crystal Palace approached, and all England was alert, confident of a record-breaking contest.
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Far away and blue were the Surrey hills, and the towers of the Crystal Palace glittered like two silver rods.
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