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    From the archives: The Crystal Palace’s leaking roof, 1851

    2023-01-20T07:00:00Z

    “Within all was bustle”… the third of our archive pieces celebrating Building’s 180th anniversary is an eye witness account of the chaotic scene at the Crystal Palace construction site as workers rush to get the building finished just weeks before the opening of the Great Exhibition