Smokestack

This is a photograph from the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs Collection in the Library of Congress.

This 1940 photograph by Jack Delano gives us a detailed look at an industrial plant in Massachusetts. In the foreground, several cast-iron or ductile steel pipes extend from one brick building, turn at a ninety degree angle, and then enter another building also through a brick exterior wall. In the background, a tall cylindrical red-brick smokestack contrasts against a blue sky.

This photo was taken by Jack Delano, who was working as an agent of the United States government. Because this image was taken by an employee of the federal government, it is in the public domain.

61 megabyte TIFF. Hosted at the Library of Congress.