coal smoke

Black industrial haze

Coal smoke is the airborne mixture of gases, soot, and particles produced when coal burns.

It carries a distinctive acrid smell and was once ubiquitous in industrial cities: The skyline disappeared behind a haze of coal smoke.

Coal smoke has largely vanished from modern urban life as cleaner fuels replaced coal for heating and power.

Related

haze · smog · pea soup fog · fumes · bellowing · black · black lung · acrid · industrial · furnace · locomotive · train whistle · Victorian · Industrial Revolution · grime · pollution · sulfur · hearth

Categories
Opposites
cleanliness/purity of air

coal smokefresh air

Unenclosed outdoor atmosphere

clean air · pure air · mountain air · sea breeze · crisp air

energy source emissions

coal smokeclean energy

Power from sustainable sources

zero emissions · solar power · wind energy · water vapor · green energy

era/technological period

coal smokegreen technology

Earth-friendly industrial innovation

Family

coal, smoke, coals, coaling, coalfield, coalfields, coalmine, coalminer, coalminers

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G