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Factory Chimneys: Unwelcome Neighbours, Air Polluters, and Skyline Wreckers

Author(s): Martin Vonka
Subject(s): History
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: factory chimneys; smoke irritation; architecture; landmark; industry

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays, factory chimneys are seen as a valuable part of our industrial heritage that deserves adequate protection. In the past, however, chimneys also had a negative impact on their surroundings: they were an unwelcome addition to urban environment, whose inhabitants they irritated with their smoke, and in some cases clearly disturbed the urban skyline.

  • Issue Year: 58/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 285-294
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech
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