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Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace First building of its size, 124 × 564m (408 × 1850ft), to be made of glass and iron. Sir Joseph
Paxton designed it for the Great Exhibition held in Hyde Park, London (1851). It was the first building prefabricated in sections and assembled on site. Crystal Palace greatly influenced the future design of railway stations. After the Exhibition, it was dismantled and re-erected on Sydenham Hill,
se London, where it stood until accidentally destroyed by fire in 1936.
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Crystal Palace becomes Bahamas' largest resort; Carnival's Crystal Palace Hotel Corporation finalizes arrangements for takeover of Cable Beach Hotel.
PR Newswire; 12/15/1988; 700+ words
; CRYSTAL PALACE BECOMES BAHAMAS' LARGEST RESORT; CARNIVAL...Beach Hotel acquisition, Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort & Casino moves a year ahead...hotel rooms. On October 14 Carnival's Crystal Palace opened a 30,000-square-foot casino...
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Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort & Casino celebrates magical grand opening.
PR Newswire; 12/15/1988; 700+ words
; CARNIVAL'S CRYSTAL PALACE RESORT & CASINO CELEBRATES...room hotel positions Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort & Casino as a $250...effects. Phase II of Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort & Casino, scheduled...
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Crystal Palace set to host Red Bulls at Broadneck
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 6/30/2008; ; 700+ words
; Crystal Palace Baltimore is one win away from achieving...minute to seal the 2-1 win and pit Crystal Palace against the City Islanders. Goalkeeper...in goal during the shootout to push Crystal Palace into a third-round clash with the...
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Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort & Casino announces renovation plans for Carnival's Cable Beach Riviera Tower.
PR Newswire; 1/12/1989; 700+ words
; CARNIVAL'S CRYSTAL PALACE RESORT & CASINO ANNOUNCES RENOVATION...the clubhouse. The Carnival's Crystal Palace Hotel Corporation, a subsidiary...Carnival Cruise Lines in Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort & Casino. Carnival...
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Foot in U.S., But Eyes On England; Crystal Palace's Md. Outpost Is Here to Send Players There
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...south end of London. The name (Crystal Palace), the colors (red and blue...commercially and developmentally for Crystal Palace to set up shop here. But why...priority is to develop players for Crystal Palace, but if the club is not interested...
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NUNEATON MEMORIES; Calling time on the days of the Crystal Palace.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 3/27/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Nuneaton's most historic pubs, The Crystal Palace, once stood on the corner of...this would seal the fate of The Crystal Palace itself. The fledgling borough...centre. Demolition and works at Crystal Palace corner were carried out...
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Carnival's Crystal Palace Hotel Corporation to purchase Cable Beach Hotel in Bahamas.
PR Newswire; 10/6/1988; 700+ words
; CARNIVAL'S CRYSTAL PALACE HOTEL CORPORATION TO PURCHASE CABLE...shoreside casino operation. Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort & Casino will undoubtedly...hotel concerns through Carnival's Crystal Palace Hotel Corporation, Carnival Cruise...
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Ribbon cutting marks gala opening of phase II at Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort & Casino; ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for 7 P.M. Jan. 6.
PR Newswire; 1/8/1990; 700+ words
; ...OPENING OF PHASE II AT CARNIVAL'S CRYSTAL PALACE RESORT & CASINO Ribbon Cutting...in the Bahamas. Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort & Casino is owned and operated by Carnival's Crystal Palace Hotel Corporation, a subsidiary...
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CRYSTAL PALACE 'BAHAMAS ESCAPE' OFFERS $79 ROOMS, $89 ROUND-TRIP AIR
PR Newswire; 9/4/1992; 700+ words
; CRYSTAL PALACE 'BAHAMAS ESCAPE' OFFERS $79 ROOMS...rate of $79 per night, Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort & Casino is making...information and reservations for Carnival's Crystal Palace, see a travel agent or phone 800-2...
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Phase II completion date on schedule for Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort & Casino on Cable Beach, Nassau.
PR Newswire; 12/14/1989; 700+ words
; ...DATE ON SCHEDULE FOR CARNIVAL'S CRYSTAL PALACE RESORT & CASINO THE BAHAMIAN...in The Bahamas. Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort & Casino is owned and operated by Carnival's Crystal Palace Hotel Corporation, a subsidiary...
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Crystal Palace Exhibition
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION (1853), officially known as the Exhibition...held in the United States. Inspired by and imitating London's Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851, a group of New York civic and business...
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Crystal Palace
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Crystal Palace Designed by Sir Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition in Hyde...duke of Devonshire—a vast glass conservatory, dubbed the Crystal Palace by Punch . In 1852 the building was removed to Sydenham, where it was...
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Lead Crystal
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...attention at the aptly named Crystal Palace Exhibition (one of the first...year of its great Crystal Palace triumph, 1851. Glass houses...lethargy was used when lead crystal was first developed, and...quartz that produces hexagonal crystals. Each glassworks factory...
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crystal
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...gazing looking intently into a crystal ball with the aim of seeing...to future or distant events. crystal healing the use of the supposed healing powers of crystals in alternative medicine. Crystal Palace a large building of prefabricated...
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Laves, Georg Ludwig Friedrich
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...today is by him. He was also involved in iron-and-glass construction, and made several designs for ‘crystal palaces’, including a proposal (1850) for a prefabricated structure at the London Exhibition of 1851 made out...
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