Site of the Building of the Great Exhibition of 1851, 1850. Workmen erecting fencing around the '...the portion of Hyde Park to be appropriated to the building for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The builders have already commenced the works for the reception of Mr. Paxton's beautiful design, to be executed in Birmingham and the neighbourhood.' From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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