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Great Smog of London
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The Great Smog was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952. A period of unusually cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected air
Nelson's Column during the Great Smog
Nelson's Column during the Great Smog
Battersea Power Station in 1938
Battersea Power Station in 1938
Coal anthracite
Coal anthracite
Great Stink
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The Great Stink was an event in Central London during July and August 1858 in which the hot weather exacerbated the smell of untreated human waste and industrial effluent that was present on the banks
Great Smog of London
…Air pollution in the United Kingdom Great Stink…
"The Silent Highwayman" (1858). Death rows on the Thames, claiming the lives of victims who have not paid to have the river cleaned up.
"The Silent Highwayman" (1858). Death rows on the Thames, claiming the lives of victims who have not paid to have the river cleaned up.
"Monster Soup commonly called Thames Water" (1828), by the artist William Heath
"Monster Soup commonly called Thames Water" (1828), by the artist William Heath
"A Drop of Thames Water", as seen by Punch (1850)
"A Drop of Thames Water", as seen by Punch (1850)
"Dirty Father Thames" (1848) Filthy river, filthy river, Foul from London to the Nore, What art thou but one vast gutter, One tremendous common shore?
"Dirty Father Thames" (1848) Filthy river, filthy river, Foul from London to the Nore, What art thou but one vast gutter, One tremendous common shore?