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Coal and the Industrial Revolution
Pittsburgh Painting (1843)
Annotation
This painting captures the pollution in a major American city—Pittsburgh—in the middle of the 19th century. It may also be viewed online at ExplorePAhistory.com.
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Citation
Russell, William T. Pittsburgh from the Salt Works at Saw Mill, 1843. From the Library and Archives Division, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA.