Pollution Collection (page 3)

At Vauxhall, 1925. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
At Vauxhall. After an engraving by Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (1851-1922). From The Studio Volume 89 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1925]

Plant and switchyards of a wood preserving company, Escanaba, Michigan, USA. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Plant and switchyards of a wood preserving company, Escanaba, Michigan, USA. Stereoscopic card detail

Steelworks, 1926. Artist: Edgar & Winifred Ward
Steelworks, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Coal and iron production, 1926. Artist: Edgar & Winifred Ward
Coal and iron production, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

A mining centre, 1926. Artist: Edgar & Winifred Ward
A mining centre, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

A copper factory in Cornwall, 19th century. Artist: Jean Baptiste Henri Durand Brager
A copper factory in Cornwall, 19th century

Scene from Whitely bridge, Ashar, Iraq, 1917-1919

The Great Stack, Bradford, 1909. Artist: Joseph Pennell
The Great Stack, Bradford, 1909. From The Studio Volume 49. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1910]

The Great White Cloud, Leeds. c1910. Artist: Joseph Pennell
The Great White Cloud, Leeds. c1910. From The Studio Volume 49. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1910]

The Great Chimney, Sheffield, 1910. Artist: Joseph Pennell
The Great Chimney, 1910. From The Studio Volume 49. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1910]

Chicago, Illinois, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. Lantern slide

The City of Buffalo, 19th century

Le Chemineau, c1870-1920 (1924). Artist: Jean Francois Raffaelli
Le Chemineau, c1870-1920 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

La Chantier, (The Factory), 1924. Artist: Dominique Jouvet-Magron
La Chantier, (The Factory), 1924. A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

Gare St Lazare, c1900-1915 (1924). Artist: Charles Heyman
Gare St Lazare, c1900-1915 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

RMS Caronia, 20th century. In 1916, she became a troopship and served in that role for the duration of the war

View of Manchester, 1844. Artist: Thomas Higham
View of Manchester, 1844. View looking towards the distant city of Manchester and its smoking chimneys from the surrounding countryside

Paper Mill, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: Albert Henry Fullwood
Paper Mill, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Liverpool is a south-western suburb of Sydney. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran

Lysva iron foundry, Russia, 1900s. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg

The Seine, Conti Quay, c19th Century. Artist: Frank Myers Boggs
The Seine, Conti Quay, c19th Century

Hunting for Bears, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 28th April 1901

At New York, The port taken by the ice, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 3rd March 1901

The return of the ship Borda, and embarkation of the ship Fistots, Brest, France, 1902. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 5th October 1902

Arc de Triomphe de la Porte St-Denis, Paris, c1875-1926. Artist: Frank Myers Boggs
Arc de Triomphe de la Porte St-Denis, Paris, c1875-1926

The Seine River at Rohen, c1898-1942. Artist: Narcisse Guilbert
The Seine River at Rohen, c1898-1942. The Seine is a major river of north-western France, and one of its commercial waterways

Through the Industrial Landscape, 1850-1855. Artist: Edmond De Concourt
Through the Industrial Landscape, 1850-1855. Private collection

The City Rises, 1911. Artist: Umberto Boccioni
The City Rises, 1911. Against the Milanese urban background of smoking chimneys, scaffolding, a streetcar, and a locomotive, enormous draft horses tug at their harnesses

For the Death of World Imperialism, 1920. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
For the Death of World Imperialism, 1920

British Iron Companys Works at Corngraves, near Halesowen, West Midlands, c1835. Corngraves, or Corngreaves, lies 7 miles south-west of Birmingham and 5 miles south of Dudley

The Progress of Steam. A View in Regents Park, 1831, 1828. Steam-powered coaches, horses, tricycles, including one with body like a teapot

Blast furnaces for production of iron at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, c1830. Artist: HW Bond
Blast furnaces for production of iron at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, c1830. This scene is on the river Severn a few miles from Ironbridge

Bird s-eye view of Krupps works, Essen, Germany, 1876. In 1826, aged only 14, Alfred Krupp (1812-1887) took over the steel-making factory founded by his father Friedrich

Birmingham viewed from the south showing smoking chimneys, c1860. A small manufacturing town until the 18th century, Birmingham was one of the most important centres of the Industrial Revolution in

Joseph Crosfield & Sons soap factory at Bank Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire, 1886. 1: general view of works; 2: display at Liverpool Exhibition; 3: frame room; 4: stamping; 5: packaging room; 6

Steel works c1925

Essence of Parliament, 1883. Artist: Harry Furniss
Essence of Parliament, 1883. Cartoon marking the opening of the first session of Parliament for 1883, showing the politicians as microbes in a drop of water

False colour image of Antarctic ozone hole, 30 November 1992. The ozone layer plays a vital role in protecting life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation

Blast furnaces, South Wales, 1885. The pollution being generated during the production of iron and steel at Siemens Iron and Steel Works, Landore

Nant-y-Glow Iron Works, Monmouthshire, Wales, c1780, (c1830). This shows the works by moonlight. The buildings on the left are probably puddling furnaces, those on the right blast furnaces

London going out of Town - or The March of Bricks and Mortar, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
London going out of Town - or The March of Bricks and Mortar, 1829. The expansion of London, showing the eating up of green field sites and the impact of pollution from the city and from brickworks

Blast furnaces, Barrow Hematite Iron and Steel Company, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, 1890. A charge being taken to the top of a furnace on a railway

Blast furnaces at the Phoenix Iron and Bridge Works, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA, 1873

Webbs chemical factory, Diglis, Worcestershire, c1860. The tall building to the right behind the chimney contains lead chambers for the production of Sulphuric Acid

Wedgwood factory, Etruria, Hanley, Staffordshire, England. Josiah Wedgwoods (1730-1795) Ivy and Etruria works were the first in Britain to maufacture ceramics on an industrial scale

The Aire and Calder Navigation, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1828. Artist: J Shury
The Aire and Calder Navigation, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1828. View showing shipping, warehousing and smoking chimneys in the background. From History of the County of Yorks

The Black Country near Bilston, Staffordshire, 1869. Artist: G Greatbach
The Black Country near Bilston, Staffordshire, 1869, showing a scene of heavy industry at night with smoking chimneys, fire from gas outlets and hot coals, with a wheeled engine to right

Cheviot-Black Sheep graze at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumberland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Sheep at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumberland, 20th century. Calder Hall, first connected to the grid on 27 August 1956 and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 17 October 1956

Solway Chemical Works, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Solway Chemical Works, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 20th century. Chemical plants involve the industrial process of manufacturing (or otherwise processessing) chemicals, usually on a large scale

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