Fog everywhere. Fog up the river... fog down the river,
where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping, and the
waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city. . . . Fog lying
out on the yards, and hovering in the rigging of great ships;
fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats.
Fog in the eyes and throats of ancient Greenwich
pensioners, wheezing by the firesides. . . . Chance people
on the bridges peeping over the parapets into a nether sky
of fog, with fog all round them, as if they were up in a
balloon and hanging in the misty clouds.1
-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
Which development of the Industrial Revolution was most responsible for the
conditions described in the passage?
OA. The emigration of many people to the Americas
B. The expansion of workhouses for workers receiving public aid
C. The increase in the use of coal as a source of heat and energy
D. The development of a method for killing bacteria in drinking water
