Editing Crystal Palace, London (section)

===The Crystal Palace===
[[File:Crystal Palace General view from Water Temple.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Image of the Crystal Palace before it was destroyed by fire.|The Crystal Palace]]
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The Crystal Palace, designed by [[Joseph Paxton]], was a remarkable construction of prefabricated parts. It was a [[Cast iron|cast-iron]] and [[glass]] building originally erected in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] to house the [[Great Exhibition]] of 1851. Following the success of the exhibition, the Palace was moved and reconstructed in 1854 in a modified and enlarged form in the grounds of the Penge Place estate at [[Sydenham Hill]]. The buildings housed the [[Crystal Palace School| Crystal Palace School of Art, Science, and Literature and Crystal Palace School of Engineering]]. It attracted visitors for over seven decades.<ref name="ricEduPotter">{{cite web|last=Potter|first=Russell|title=The Crystal Palace|url=http://www.ric.edu/faculty/rpotter/cryspal.html|date=29 January 2007|access-date=12 October 2008}}</ref>

Sydenham Hill is one of the [[List of highest points in London|highest locations in London]]; 109&nbsp;metres (357&nbsp;ft) above sea level ([[spot height]] on Ordnance Survey Map); and the size of the Palace and prominence of the site made it easy to identify from much of London. This led to the residential area around the building becoming known as Crystal Palace instead of Sydenham Hill. The Palace was destroyed by fire on 30 November 1936 and the site of the building and its grounds is now known as Crystal Palace Park.
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