Pollution Collection (page 4)

Guillemot Preening Feathers Following Oil Spill, Cornwall, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Guillemot Preening Feathers Following Oil Spill, Cornwall, 20th century. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas

Oil pollution in Cornwall

Snowdon mountain railway, from near the summit

Bank of furnaces, Lymington Iron Works, Tyneside, England, 1835. By this time the Nielsen hot blast process, invented in 1824, was in general use

150-megaton thermonuclear explosion, Bikini Atoll, 1 March 1954.The unexpected spread of fallout from the test led to awareness of, and research into, radioactive pollution. Courtesy UNO

Man smoking a pipe, early 17th century. A family group, with the father with a pipe producing much smoke while his wife and children seem to be raising objections

Environmental pollution, 1895. Pollution caused by heavy chemical industry, with birds and fishes struggling to survive. In the late 19th century industrial pollution was a growing problem

Man Vitiates his Environment, early 20th century. A group of typical early 20th century blast furnaces with smoking chimneys causing atmospheric pollution

Charging the retorts at the Beckton gasworks, London, 1878. Beckton Gasworks was owned and operated by The Chartered Gaslight and Coke Company

General view of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1833. Showing smoke pouring from the chimneys of the numerous foundries and rolling mills. From Scenes of American Wealth and Industry. [Boston, 1833]

Charging retorts at the Gas Light Establishment, Brick Lane, London, 1822. Artist: Colin Mackenzie
Charging retorts at the Gas Light Establishment, Brick Lane, London. From Colin Mackenzie One Thousand Experiments in Chemistry, London, 1822. Aquatint

Industrial landscape, Wales, 19th century. Artist: Penry Williams
Industrial landscape, Wales, 19th century. An ironworks at night, the blast furnace in the centre

Can t Get Away!, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
Can t Get Away!, 1884. Mr Punch holds a handkerchief to his nose as Father Thames tells him his worries. Despite sporadic efforts to cleanse the capitals river

Father Thames Himself Again, 1865 Artist: John Tenniel
Father Thames Himself Again, 1865. Lor Bless Yer R Y L Ighness! I ain t the Same River since I Gave up Scavenging and Turned Waterman

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