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Birmingham and the Great Exhibition of 1851.

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This is a drawing of the construction of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition in London of 1851. The great canopy of steel and glass were supplied by Birmingham companies. The steel from Fox Henderson & Co and the glass from Chance Glass of Smethwick. The building was based on Joseph Paxton's gigantic conservatory at Chatsworth. The trusses for the central aisle were raised with the help of huge cart horses in January 1851.


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This stunning image is of the opening of the Great Exhibition by Queen Victoria and the royal family on 1st May 1851. The Birmingham workmanship can be seen in the amazing ironwork by Smethwick company Fox, Henderson & Co. The glass by Chance Glass of Smethwick, also the magnificent glass fountain in the foreground on the left, also produced by Chance Glass


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I have got some old railway tickets for a trip to crystal palace from Birmingham in 1856.the trip was for the grand order of oddfellows
 
It would be lovely to see them morris, if you could photograph or scan them for us.
 
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