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Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
is an institution founded in 1850 to administer the international exhibition of 1851, officially called the
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations
. The Great Exhibition was held in
The Crystal Palace
in
London
,
England
, the enormous building was designed by
Joseph Paxton
for the Exhibition and construction was supervised by
William Cubitt
using a
cast iron
space frame for the glass panes, with wooden beams for flooring.
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