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Blackened buildings of Manchester before the Clean Air Act
Archive images from the Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University show how the landmark buildings of Manchester were covered in soot before the 1960s
Manchester Art Gallery, another view (Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)1 of 25 
Carlton House in Albert Square pictured in the 1950s (Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)2 of 25 
Carlton House pictured more recently (Image: Google Streetview)3 of 25 ![]()
Former Bank of England, Manchester (Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)4 of 25 ![]()
Bank of England building now (Image: Google Street view)5 of 25 ![]()
Aytoun Street/Portland Street - now the Portland Thistle Hotel (Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)6 of 25 ![]()
Portland Thistle hotel on Portland Street/Aytoun Street (Image: Google Street view)7 of 25 ![]()
King Street at the junction of Spring Gardens (Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)8 of 25 ![]()
Spring Gardens and King Street junction now (Image: Google Streetview)9 of 25 ![]()
Spring Gardens pictured in the 1960s (Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)10 of 25 ![]()
Spring Gardens pictured more recently (Image: Google Streetview)11 of 25 ![]()
Former Athenaeum on Princess Street (Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)12 of 25 ![]()
Former Athenaeum, now part of Manchester Art Gallery (Image: Google Street view)13 of 25 ![]()
(Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)14 of 25 ![]()
University of Manchester entrance more recently (Image: Google Street view)15 of 25 ![]()
University of Manchester pictured from Oxford Road (Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)16 of 25 ![]()
University of Manchester pictured from Oxford Road more recently (Image: Google Street view)17 of 25 ![]()
St Peter's Square pictured in the 1960s (Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)18 of 25 ![]()
(Image: Google Street view)19 of 25 ![]()
St George's Church, Hulme (Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)20 of 25 ![]()
The church has since been converted into luxury flats (and cleaned up)21 of 25 ![]()
Manchester Art Gallery (Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)22 of 25 ![]()
Manchester Art Gallery (Image: Google Street view)23 of 25 ![]()
Albert Memorial in Albert Square, Manchester (Image: Visual Resources Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University)24 of 25 ![]()
22 Lever Street, the building which Dr Crompton said is the last remaining blackened building25 of 25
