AIR-POLLUTION IN PITTSBURGH - HISTORICAL-PERSPECTIVE
AIR-POLLUTION IN PITTSBURGH - HISTORICAL-PERSPECTIVE
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10.1080/00022470.1979.10470892
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1979-01-01
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DAVIDSON, CI
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DAVIDSON, CI
“由于煤烟的后果，普遍存在的不满迫使我在这个场合向你讲话。居民的和平与和谐取决于迅速采取措施纠正这种滋扰。普雷斯利·内维尔将军匹兹堡，18041年6月10日匹兹堡地区大量的高挥发性煤是困扰该市近两个世纪的空气污染的原因;烟雾控制是对工业进步的追求的第二位。虽然早在1804年就有人呼吁减少排放，但直到1890年短暂的天然气时代结束时，才发起了重大运动。匹兹堡的成功烟雾控制最终在20世纪40年代末实现，因为该市经历了第二次世界大战钢铁生产造成的严重烟雾，并在几年前在圣路易斯成功地消除了烟雾。
" The general dissatisfaction which prevails in consequence of the coal smoke compels me to address you on this occasion... the peace and harmony of the inhabitants depend upon the speedy measures being adopted to remedy this nuisance." General Presley Neville Pittsburgh, June 10, 18041The abundance of high volatile-content coal in the Pittsburgh area was responsible for air pollution which plagued the city for nearly two centuries; smoke control was secondary to the quest for industrial progress. Although outcries for abatement were heard as early as 1804, it was not until the close of the brief Natural Gas Era in 1890 that major campaigns were launched. Successful smoke control in Pittsburgh was finally achieved in the late 1940's, after the city experienced severe smoke due to World War II steel production and witnessed successful abatement a few years earlier in St. Louis.