Sir Charles Fox was an English civil engineer and contractor. His work focused on railways, railway stations and bridges.
A contemporary engraving of Denbigh Hall skew Bridge on the London and Birmingham Railway
The 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park
Fox's grave in Nunhead Cemetery
The Crystal Palace
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The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and
The Crystal Palace at Sydenham (1854)
The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park for the Grand International Exhibition of 1851
Joseph Paxton's first sketch for the Great Exhibition Building, c. 1850, using pen and ink on blotting paper; Victoria and Albert Museum
An 1864 Statue of Albert, Prince Consort, holding a plan of the Crystal Palace