Photos Of Pittsburgh's Air Pollution: 1940s Vs. Today
Coal fumes in the 1940s blotted out the sun. Gas lamps sometimes had to be lit during the day.
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600 Liberty Avenue
Monongahela Wharf
Corner of Fifth Avenue and Wood Street
Pittsburgh Train Station
Corner of Liberty and Fifth Avenues 8:38 AM
Corner of Liberty and Fifth Avenues
Allegheny Courthouse
Workers washing the smog-blackened exterior of Allegheny Courthouse
Downtown
This photo was taken at 12:10 PM
Unidentified street in Pittsburgh
Corner of Liberty and Fifth Avenues
Wabash Bridge (now demolished) and unidentified Downtown church during midday
Around the same time, St. Louis was also fighting to reduce air pollution
Federal Building in St. Louis
