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    26 Haunting Photos Of The London Fog

    London was covered in "fog" at the beginning of the 20th Century, culminating in the Great Smog in 1952.

    1. 1 July 1907: St Pancras Railway Station.

    2. 1 October 1919: An iceman delivers in the fog.

    3. 1 November 1922: Ludgate Circus.

    4. 1 November 1927: Trafalgar Square, in the daytime.

    5. 24 January 1934: Lincoln's Inn Fields.

    6. 17 October 1935: Finsbury Park.

    7. 23 December 1935: Temple.

    8. January 1936: Central London.

    9. 25 December 1937: Whitehall.

    10. 25 October 1938: Hyde Park Corner.

    11. 25 October 1938: Regent's Park.

    12. 26 October 1938: The sun comes through at the Pool of London.

    13. January 1947: The Tower of London.

    14. 1 December 1948: National Gallery, Trafalgar Square.

    15. Circa 1950: Middle Temple, Inns of Court.

    16. 1952: Fleet Street.

    17. 5 December 1952: Blackfriars, in the morning.

    18. 5 December 1952: Blackfriars, mid-morning.

    19. 6 December 1952: Fleet Street.

    20. 6 December 1952: Piccadilly Circus.

    21. 9 December 1952: A bus conductor walks in front of his vehicle.

    22. 14 January 1955: Westminster Bridge.

    23. 20 December 1956: Piccadilly Circus.

    24. 29January 1959: Liverpool St. Station.

    25. 5 December 1962: Regent St.

    26. Date unknown, 1962: A policeman wears a mask for protection against the smog.