Just A Car Guy: A 1935 London police officer directing traffic in heavy fog using a open flame vented from a folding pipe normally stowed in a metal box embedded in the street, but connected to the gas main.

Saturday, October 11, 2025

A 1935 London police officer directing traffic in heavy fog using a open flame vented from a folding pipe normally stowed in a metal box embedded in the street, but connected to the gas main.

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Unknown5:38 AM
In the late 1800's, in industrial cities like London, coal smoke and fog combined to make air pollution so dense that it earned its own name: "smog".
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