Smog Collection

Manchester Rooftops
Manchester skyline - an urban cityscape of rooftops and chimney stacks, the air grey with industrial smog

Grand Surrey Canal
Men loading large planks of wood onto (or off) a barge on the Peckham (London) branch of the Grand Surrey Canal, England. Date: early 1930s

Thames Embankment by night - View toward Westminster, London
Thames Embankment by night - View toward the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London. Note the elctricity saving of only lighting every other light. Date: circa 1910s

Aerial view, landing stage, Liverpool
Aerial photo landing stage at Liverpool, showing the Liver, Cunard, Dock Office, India, and Midland Bank buildings

Dorset Square, NW London. Date: circa 1910

Ship On The Sea
An illustration of a work ship on the ocean, with thick black smog billowing behind. Date: circa 1915

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

Fog on the River Thames near Tower Bridge, London
A foggy day on the River Thames near Tower Bridge, London. Date: circa 1930s

A foggy day on Thames Embankment, London
The River Thames and Houses of Parliament viewed from the South Bank on a foggy (or perhaps smoggy) day. Date: circa 1950s

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

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

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

Lamplighter at work
A lamplighter at work on what appears to be a foggy (or smoggy) day

The Victoria Memorial on a foggy night - view from Buckingham Palace. Date: circa 1910s

Steam train at Acton, West London, on the Great Western Railway. Date: circa 1920s

A railway smoke catcher
Impression of a chimney designed to extract bothersome smoke from stationery steam engines in use at a station in Chicago. Date: 1932

Spain. Barruelo Mines. 19th century. Engraving. Colored
Spain. Barruelo Mines, Palencia province. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1880. Colored

Spooky Churchyard
An eerie London by Night study, seen from the lonely porch of St. Pancras Church. Date: 1930s

Portland Place and Langham Hotel, London W1
Portland Place, London, with the Langham Hotel at the far end, on a busy day with traffic and crowds of people. Date: circa 1910s

Madame Tussauds museum, Marylebone Road, London
Madame Tussauds waxworks museum, Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1905

Marylebone Road with underground station, London. Date: circa 1905

View of Baker Street, Marylebone, London. Date: circa 1905

Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, London
The Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, London, where Robert Montgomery is appearing in the MGM film, Lovers Courageous. Date: circa 1932

Magician / Robert Houdin Performing
French magician Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) blowing smoke onto stage during performance. Date: circa 1840

LCC-LFB Fireboat Alpha, River Thames
From 1912 the previously used rafts, towed by tugs, were replaced by Londons first fireboats. These steam driven self-propelled shallow draught craft were based on the Royal Navy gunboats

British R26 airship flying over London, WW1
British R26 (23 class) airship flying over London towards the end of the First World War. St Pauls Cathedral and the River Thames can be seen below, on a rather smoggy looking day

London fog. Pollution from the city
A London fog; smoke carried from the city covering an area of twenty miles with thick smog. Smog tends to form in urban areas when there is a large amount of chimney

London Smog
A cart and a sweep dimly seen in a London smog

Snowy London
Eerie scene at 2.15 p.m. in London Westminster, showing one man attempting to catch a taxi during snowy, foggy weather

London River View
A view of London at dusk with St Pauls in the background. Wyllie is best known for his naval paintings and drawings. The title of this one is Towing Past the City

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