Pollution Collection

Train crossing Stockport viaduct on the London & North Western Railway, c1845. Note the pollution of the river banks, smoking chimneys and the complete domination of the scene by the viaduct

St. Pancras. A terminus of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1935. Creator: Unknown
St. Pancras. A terminus of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935]

Water! Water! Everywhere; and not a Drop to Drink, 1849. Comment on the London water supply during the reappearance of cholera in 1848 and 1849

Industrial polltion, Sheffield, Yorkshire, c1925. Factory chimneys pouring out polluted smoke

Tapping blast furnace, and casting iron into pigs, Siemens iron and steel works, Wales, 1885. The pollution generated during the production of iron and steel at the Siemens Landore Works

British liquid fire attack, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British liquid fire attack, 7 Jul 1917. Liquid fire demonstration during King George V's visit to the Gas School, Helfaut, France, July 7, 1917 during World War I.

Close No. 80 High Street (#11), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 80 High Street (#11), Printed 1900

Port of Marseille, 1900-1950. Artist: Frank Will
Port of Marseille, 1900-1950

Detroit Rubber Works, Detroit, Mich. c1908. Creator: William H. Jackson
Detroit Rubber Works, Detroit, Mich. c1908

Edison Electric plant [Detroit Edison Company], Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: William H. Jackson
Edison Electric plant [Detroit Edison Company], Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910

City of Erie (Pennsylvania), c1900. Creator: William H. Jackson
City of Erie (Pennsylvania), c1900

Whirleys unloading ore, Penna. R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] docks, Erie, Pa. ca 1900. Creator: William H. Jackson
Whirleys unloading ore, Penna. R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] docks, Erie, Pa. ca 1900

The first plague of Egypt, 1755-1779. Creator: Monogrammist BF
The first plague of Egypt, 1755-1779

Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich. (1906?). Creator: Unknown
Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Mich. (1906?)

Viaduct and bottle works, Streator, Ill. 1901 Oct 11. Creator: Unknown
Viaduct and bottle works, Streator, Ill. 1901 Oct 11

Illinois Steel Works, South Chicago, Ill. between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Illinois Steel Works, South Chicago, Ill. between 1900 and 1905

Youngstown, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Youngstown, between 1900 and 1905

Merchants and Miners Wharf, Norfolk, Va. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Merchants and Miners Wharf, Norfolk, Va. between 1910 and 1920

S.S. Dakota, broadside, between 1890 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
S.S. Dakota, broadside, between 1890 and 1910

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Liberty-Men going on Shore - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856 Creator: W Thomas
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Liberty-Men going on Shore - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire....the entrance to

Coal dumping machine, Ashtabula, Ohio, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown
Coal dumping machine, Ashtabula, Ohio, ca 1900

Unloading ore at L.S. & M.S. [Lake Shore & Michigan Southern] Ry. Co.'s docks, Ashtabula, Ohio, ca 1900

Ore dock and harbor, Cleveland, Ohio, c1901. Creator: Unknown
Ore dock and harbor, Cleveland, Ohio, c1901

Courcelles gas plant, 1884. Creator: Ernest Jean Delahaye
Courcelles gas plant, 1884

Chrysanthemums, in the Inner Temple Garden, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Chrysanthemums, in the Inner Temple Garden, 1854. The collection...consists of above 200 varieties...Accordingly, this year's display is one of the best shows of the kind

Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, Bow-Creek, Blackwall, 1854. Creator: Charles William Sheeres
Mare and Co.'s Iron Ship-Building Works, Bow-Creek, Blackwall, 1854. Shipyard on the River Thames in London during the Crimean War, ...an industrial army of between 3000 and 4000 hands

Near Wellington, Shropshire, 1821. Creator: Francis Nicholson
Near Wellington, Shropshire, 1821

The Last Bather, from Puck, 1880. Creator: Joseph Keppler
The Last Bather, from Puck, 1880

Cairo, Egypt, 2007. Creator: Ethel Davies
Cairo, Egypt, 2007. Busy street scene with a green mosque and minaret in the centre of the city, Cairo, Egypt

Gold mine, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Gold mine, between c1900 and c1930

Deadwood and Delaware Smelter at Deadwood, SDak, 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Deadwood and Delaware Smelter at Deadwood, SDak, 1890. Smelter industry buildings and equipment; a few men posed in front of buildings

Glass factory in Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Glass factory in Borzhom (Borjomi, Georgia), between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Preston, Lancashire, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Preston, Lancashire, 1862. The pure mountain air, and the full, strong sea-breeze, come laden with health to its people, and do their best to neutralise the effect of the smoke belched forth from

View of a Village in the Barabinsk Steppe in Winter, 1880-1897. Creator: Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov
View of a Village in the Barabinsk Steppe in Winter, 1880-1897. From a collection of paintings, lithographs, sketches, studies, and drawings

Lake Baikal. Icebreaker, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Lake Baikal. Icebreaker, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

The icebreaker "Baikal" is on its way, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown
The icebreaker "Baikal" is on its way, 1904-1914. This postcard is from the "Lake Baikal" series. National Library of Russia

Charleroi, 1911, (1914). Artist: Joseph Pennell
Charleroi, 1911, (1914). From King Alberts Book. [The Daily Telegraph, London, 1914]

The Hall-i'-th'-Wood, near Bolton, the residence of Samuel Crompton... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Hall-i'-th'-Wood, near Bolton, the residence of Samuel Crompton, where he invented the spinning-mule, 1862. Remains of many old trees cut down to their roots

Worker at carbon black plant, Sunray, Texas, 1942. Creator: John Vachon
Worker at carbon black plant, Sunray, Texas

Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill, Tennessee, 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill], Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land

Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, Tenn. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, Tennessee

Houses and factories, between 1941 and 1942. Creator: Unknown
Houses and factories

A train bringing copper ore out of the mine, Ducktown, Tenn. 1939. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
A train bringing copper ore out of the mine, Ducktown, Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land

Mountain streams in Ouray County, Colorado, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Mountain streams in Ouray County, Colorado run yellow because of the tailings from the gold mills

Ellington Lumber Company mill, Keno, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ellington Lumber Company mill. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon

The new Gilchrist mill, open a week, lumber mill, Gilchrist, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The new Gilchrist mill, open a week. Lumber mill. Gilchrist, Oregon

Sugar beet factory (Amalgamated Sugar Company) along... Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sugar beet factory (Amalgamated Sugar Company) along Snake River. Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, a one-factory town

31st and 7th, NYC. Creator: Viet Chu
31st and 7th, NYC

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