Great Smog of London: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	The Killer Fog of 1952 • Great Smog of 1952
Date	December 5, 1952 - December 9, 1952
Location	London • England
Context	Clean Air Acts • coal • environmentalism • pneumonia

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A London police officer wearing a protective mask stands in a street shrouded in thick smog, with vehicles and figures barely visible in the background, during the Great Smog of 1952.

Thick smog shrouds Piccadilly Circus, London, as pedestrians walk past the Eros fountain and a car drives through low visibility.

Tugboat moored on the River Thames beneath Tower Bridge, barely visible through London's thick 1952 smog.

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