Industrial Smog Blacks Out Homes

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Description

Original caption states: “Industrial Smog Blacks Out Homes Adjacent to North Birmingham Pipe Plant, this is the Most Heavily Polluted Area of the City.”

This photograph was taken as part of the Documerica project – a social and environmental photography project sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency during the 1970s.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Environmental Protection Agency.

National Archives Identifier: 545396

Full Citation: 412-DA-2909; Industrial Smog Blacks Out Homes; 7/1972; DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972–1977; Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, Record Group 412; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/industrial-smog-blacks-out-homes/, March 27, 2026]

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