The Great Exhibition wide and was constructed from cast iron-frame components and glass made almost exclusively in Birmingham and Smethwick. From the interior, the building's large size was emphasized with trees and statues; this served, not only to add beauty to the spectacle, but also to demonstrate man's triumph over nature. The Crystal Palace was an enormous success, considered an architectural marvel, but also an engineering triumph that showed the importance of the Exhibition itself. The building was later moved and re-erected in 1854 in enlarged form at Sydenham Hill in south London, an area that was renamed Crystal Palace. It was destroyed
The Albert Palace stand on the site of the palace itself. Battersea Polytechnic (built in 1893) and York Mansions (built in 1897) replaced the gardens. The palace’s organ survived the demolition of the building and eventually ended up in Fort Augustus Abbey in Scotland. The Albert Palace The Albert Palace was located in Battersea, in the borough of Wandsworth, London. It faced, and formed a backdrop to the lake in Battersea Park, and was a re-erection of an iron and glass building, like The Crystal Palace of 1851, which had partly housed the Dublin International Exhibition of 1865. In 1882, a company was