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PerhapsthemostextraordinarybuildingofthenineteenthcenturywastheCrystalPalace, whichwasbuiltinHydeParkfortheGreatExhibitionof1851. TheCrystalPalacewasdifferentfromallotherbuildingsintheworld, foritwasmadeofironandglass. Itwasoneofthebiggestbuildingsofalltimeandalotofpeoplefrommanycountriescametoseeit. Agreatmanygoodsweresenttotheexhibitionfromvariouspartsoftheworld. Therewasalsoagreatdealofmachineryondisplay. ThemostwonderfulpieceofmachineryonshowwasNasmyth'ssteamhammer. Thoughinthosedays, travelingwasnotaseasyasitistoday, steamboatscarriedthousandsofvisitorsacrosstheChannelfromEurope. OnarrivinginEngland, theyweretakentotheCrystalPalacebytrain.Thereweresixmillionvisitorsinall, andtheprofitsfromtheexhibitionwereusedtobuildmuseumsandcolleges. Later, theCrystalPalacewasmovedtoSouthLondon. Itremainedoneofthemostfamousbuildingsintheworlduntilitwasburntdownin1936.