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Factory Chimneys: Unwelcome Neighbours, Air Polluters, and Skyline Wreckers
Author(s): Martin VonkaSubject(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.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Carolinae Historia Universitatis Carolinae Pragensis
- Issue Year: 58/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 285-294
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Czech
