Pollution Collection (page 2)

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
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London Bridge, City of London Date: circa 1900

Victoria Railway Station, London Date: circa 1890s

The Pool of London with cranes
The Pool of London, view towards the Tower of London with cranes in the foreground. Date: circa 1930s

St Pauls Cathedral, City of London
St Pauls Cathedral, on a murky day in London. Date: circa 1940s

Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea, London
Distant view of Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea, London. Date: circa 1930s

Libertys corner, Regent Street, Central London
Two women look in Libertys window on a corner of Londons Regent Street. Date: circa 1930s

Rush hour traffic, Hyde Park Corner, London
Rush hour traffic at Hyde Park Corner, London. Date: circa 1930s

Duke of Gloucester wedding procession, London
Procession after the royal wedding of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester to Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, London, 6 November 1935. Date: 1935

Traffic at Hyde Park Corner, London, turned into an experimental one-way street. 1926

Crewe Junction, looking north, Cheshire. circa 1904

Advert, John Spencer Ltd, Phoenix Iron Works, Coatbridge
Advert for John Spencer (Coatbridge) Ltd, Phoenix Iron & Steel Works, Coatbridge, Scotland. 1905

Aerial view of Broadway, Aurora, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1910

Aerial view of Cardiff, showing less smoke pollution
Aerial view of Cardiff, claiming to show less smoke pollution, due to the use of Welsh coals rather than inferior types. 1931

Aerial view of a city with heavy smoke pollution
Aerial view of an unnamed industrial city showing heavy smoke pollution, claimed to be caused by inferior coals (ie not Welsh). 1931

Paddington Street, West London (looking east), with the Pitts Head pub on the left, on the corner of Luxborough Street. Date: circa 1905

The College, Harrogate, West Yorkshire, outdoor scene with young women sketching and painting. Date: circa 1908

Market Cross, Churchgate, Bolton, Lancashire, with the Derby Arms and Theatre Royal on the right. circa 1908

River pollution and its problems, ILN January 1932
Page from the Illustrated London News, 23rd January 1932, on The World of Science, River Pollution and its Problems, by W P Pycraft

Platforms and trains at Victoria Station, London. Date: early 20th century

Platform at Victoria Station, London 1926
Continental and Main Line Departure Platform at Victoria Station, London. Date: 1926

First white line painted on a London road
The first white line painted on a road in London, in an attempt to solve traffic congestion. 1924

Cartoon, Sanitary and insanitary matters
Larger figure representing the industries surrounding the River Thames like the soup boiling factory where bones were used and the knackers yard where injured animals were taken to be slaughtered

King George V in Daimler ambulance, 1929
King George V transported from Buckingham Palace in a Daimler ambulance. 1929

North Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire. circa 1900

Disraeli statue, Parliament Square, London
Statue to Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield, in Parliament Square, London. circa 1901

Statue of Gladstone in The Strand, London
Statue of William Ewart Gladstone by Hamo Thornycroft in The Strand, London. circa 1901

Street scene at Les Halles, Paris, France. Date: 1960s

People at tables in the Champs Elysees, Paris, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background. Date: 1960s

Severe low-lying fog crisis over the capital of London, which afflicted London between the 1870s and the mid-1890s. Date: 1882

Burning off wheat stubble at Dagnall, a fine view seen from the Downs at Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Sewage sluice pipes, the cause if sea pollution on the beach at Minsmere, Suffolk, England. Date: 1950s

The buildings and smoking tower of a cement works in Great Britain. Date: 1950s

Even back in the 1960s, car exhaust pipes caused air pollution! Date: 1960s

Glasgow Parkhead industrial area, 1896. Date: 1896

NOISE POLLUTION TESTER
This man measures noise pollution - street traffic, excessively loud speakers, motor vehicles, machinery etc, at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington. Date: 5 October 1932

BADLY SMOKING CHIMNEY
Beginning fires for the winter - something wrong with the chimney: a blocked chimney pours smoke back into the room causing people to cough and choke Date: circa 1850

WOLVERHAMPTON POLLUTION
The Black Country round Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (England) Date: 1866

1741 / ENRAGED MUSICIAN
A violinist is disturbed by a ballad singer, a screeching parrot, a piper, a drummer, a barking dog, a knife grinder, fighting cats and other noises Date: 1741

CHOKED BY SMOKERS
A lady is choked by smokers as she walks along the pavement Date: 1843

Cartoons, Improving landscapes
Cartoons, Improving Landscapes, with the addition of smoky chimney-stacks, gas towers, soap factories and drainage pipes. Date: 1880

British factory exterior, Ironmonger Magazine cover
British factory exterior, as depicted on the cover of The Ironmonger magazine. Date: 1911

Douglas DC-3C G-AMYJ
Douglas DC-3C-R-1830-90C G-AMYJ (msn 15968/32716) of the Department of Transports Pollution Control contract, operated by Harvestair Ltd at Southend

Britten Norman BN-2A Islander G-BJWP (msn 7768) of Pollution Control (Department of transport), at Headcorn in Kent. Date: 1986

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

American Screw Company s. United States. Engraving, 1884
American Screw Company s. Manufactory of patent Gimlet-Pointet Screws. United States. Engraving, 1884

Desolation at sea-port Dikson, Arctic Russia. Summer, August. Broken and abandoned ships and rubbish everywhere in what use to be one of the major ports in Russian Arctic ocean coast (Kara sea)

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