OTHER DOWNSTREAM DISPLAYS :
1851 Centenary Pavilion
Recalls, in model form, the original Crystal Palace and its Royal opening in 1851.
"This miniature pavilion commemorates the Great Exhibition held at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park exactly one hundred years ago.
The structure of the Pavilion is based on the designs of Joseph Paxton, architect of the Crystal Palace. At each end of the Pavilion, rotating screens show coloured engravings of different views of the Great Exhibition of 1851. In the centre is an exact model of the Crystal Palace; below it, again in model form, is the scene at the opening ceremony. Among those present are Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, the Royal children, the Princess Royal and the Prince of Wales. Near them are the Duke of Wellington and Lord Palmerston."
Shot Tower (SB21)
Aerial and reflector of the radio telescope; lighthouse optic and lantern; at base, a small display about the South Bank.
"This Tower has been one of the landmarks of London since it was built in 1826. It remains, the only old building on the Exhibition site, to serve as a beacon for the Festival.
It is a beacon in two senses: it is a modern lighthouse with a double flashing beam, and a radio beacon directing radio signals to the moon or beyond it into outer space.
The lighthouse optic has the power of three million candles, and is of the most modern all-electric design. It is the work of Chance Brothers Limited, who made all the glass for the original Crystal Palace a hundred years ago. The most obvious part of the radar beacon is a large reflector which beams the signal from the aerial within it into the moon. This is part of the radio telescope and is connected with the display in the Dome of Discovery by underground cable.
In the adjoining Tank Chamber there is a small exhibit showing the history of the South Bank site."
Design Review (SB20A)
A novel display, with information service, of 25,000 photographs illustrating the wide range of British manufactures.
"This is a combined information service and catalogue containing about 25,000 photographs and samples each fully described and representative of the best in current British manufactured products. It is intended primarily for home and overseas visitors with special interests, such as industrial executives and trade buyers.
This service is organised in five international information bureaux, each dealing with a related group of industries and, finally a display of British textiles. Each bureau, in addition to its other records, contains a library of the British trade and technical journals appropriate to the industries covered. Projectors enable visitors to view colour transparencies of goods, such as pottery, textiles etc., where colour is an essential ingredient of the design."
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