Polluted Collection

Silent Highwayman
Death - The Silent Highway-Man of the polluted River Thames

Satire on polluted water supply in London
Fun makes a comment on diseased water supply. 18 August 1866

Dirty Father Thames 1848
Dirty Father Thames stands in the river water hooking detritus and rubbish that's floating there: old shoes and boots, dead fish, bottles, dead mice and rats

Porter in smog, Smithfield Market, London
Porter pulling a loaded cart through the smog, Smithfield Market, London, December 1962. Air pollution of this kind was very hazardous to health. Date: 1962

Bankside Power Station, South London
Side view of Bankside Power Station, an oil-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, London, 30 April 1975. The power station generated electricity from 1952 to 1981

Industry Industrial Power Station Cegb London
industry, industrial, power, station, cegb, london, 1975, 1970s, 70s, seventies, chimney, chimneys, smoke, smoking, water, boat, boats, bankside, oil, fired, south, bank, river, thames, april

Lincoln after 1905 typhoid epedemic
Lincoln High Street after Lockdown ended in 1905. The city was hit by a major typhoid epidemic between November 1904 and August 1905

Glasgow Parkhead industrial area, 1896. Date: 1896

Polluted London Water
THE CITY NARCISSUS Punch accuses Londons officials of being too self-satisfied to realise the danger to the the citys health from the polluted water of the Thames Date: 1849

Stoke reservior
Rear view of a boy leaning on his bicycle by a polluted reservoir in Stoke of Trent, Staffordshire. White swans are in the water and on the bank

The London Bathing Season, filthy River Thames
The London Bathing Season cartoon. The figure of Father Thames, filthy and carrying a dead cat, a bent kettle, and other detritus from the river, beckons to a small boy on the quayside, " Come

Allegheny River and bridges, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Allegheny River and bridges, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1900

Steam engine in a smoky atmosphere
Steam engine and tender in a smoky, polluted atmosphere

Sailboat on Mercury
The insectoid residents of the planet Mercury will develop their own technology to navigate their chemically polluted waters : mica will be the material of choice

Not a Drop to Drink
A comment on Londons polluted water supply - water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink !

Polluted Water / Sloper
Ally Sloper gives a lantern talk to the County Council on water pollution

The Polluted Seine
The polluted Seine

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