• A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler...
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  • Chimney felling is the practice of demolishing or "felling" a chimney stack. Modern health and safety rules now largely prohibit the practice in industrialized...
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  • Chimney Rock can refer to one of the following sites in the United States and Canada: Chimney Rock National Historic Site, a 325-foot geological formation...
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    A chimney sweep is a person who inspects then clears soot and creosote from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column...
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  • tallest chimneys in the world ranks chimneys by height. Although many kinds of industrial facilities have tall chimneys, most of the chimneys with heights...
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    The chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a bird belonging to the swift family Apodidae. A member of the genus Chaetura, it is closely related to both...
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    "The Chimney Sweeper" is the title of a poem by William Blake, published in two parts in Songs of Innocence in 1789 and Songs of Experience in 1794. The...
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    Chimney Rock is a prominent geological rock formation in Morrill County in western Nebraska. Rising nearly 300 feet (91 m) above the surrounding North...
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    Chimney Tops is a mountain in the central Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. It is 4,724 feet (1,440 m) above sea level. Chimney Tops is a double-capstone...
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  • House's Chimney, named after American climber Bill House, is a 30-metre (100 ft) tall crack in a rock wall, located on the Abruzzi Spur of K2, a mountain...
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  • itself in Chimney Rock State Park. A U.S. post office for Chimney Rock existed since at least 1843. On September 27, 2024, the majority of Chimney Rock was...
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    tall chimney, named Dixon's Chimney after its builder, Peter Dixon, are Grade II listed buildings. In 2019, a man died after slipping from the chimney and...
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  • The Chimney Sweeps Islands are a pair of small islands located within New York City in the northern part of City Island Harbor in the borough of The Bronx...
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  • A solar chimney – often referred to as a thermal chimney – is a way of improving the natural ventilation of buildings by using convection of air heated...
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    Rosedale Chimney Bank or just Chimney Bank is a hill pass that carries a minor road between Rosedale Abbey and Hutton-le-Hole in the former Ryedale district...
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    Fireplace (redirect from Chimney-arch)
    keep rainwater out of the exterior of the chimney; rain in the chimney is a much greater problem in chimneys lined with impervious flue tiles or metal...
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  • Look up chimney in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A chimney is a conduit for exhausting combustion gases up into open air. Chimney or Chimneys may also...
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    the many textile mills in Bolton, but he paid particular attention to chimneys and the men who worked on them. He began his working life as a joiner,...
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  • The Sparrow in the Chimney (German: Der Spatz im Kamin) is a Swiss drama film, directed by Ramon Zürcher. The film, starring Maren Eggert, Britta Hammelstein...
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    A chimney fire is the combustion (burning) of residue deposits referred to as soot or creosote, on the inner surfaces of chimney tiles, flue liners, stove...
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    Chimney cranes, also known as fireplace cranes and pot cranes, are a feature of the homes of the American Colonial period and 18/19th century of Western...
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    A chimney breast is a portion of a chimney which projects forward from a wall to accommodate a fireplace. Typically on the ground floor of a structure...
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  • Devil's Chimney or Devils Chimney may refer to: Devils Chimney, an Aboriginal place of significance in the Aberfoyle River gorge, New South Wales, Australia...
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    Chimney sweeps' cancer, also called soot wart or scrotal cancer, is a squamous cell carcinoma of the scrotum. It has the distinction of being the first...
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    Powhatan's Chimney is located at present day Wicomico, in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. Powhatan's Chimney was long considered clue to the...
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    side of a large penetration, typically a skylight, equipment curb, or chimney. In some cases, a cricket can be used to transition from one roof area...
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  • Chimney Beach is a beach on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. It is named after the chimney that is on the shoreline. The chimney once served an old cabin...
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  • The Chimney Sweep may refer to: The Chimney Sweep (film), directed by Georges Méliès "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep", a literary fairy tale by...
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    A hoodoo (also called a tent rock, fairy chimney, or earth pyramid) is a tall, thin spire of rock formed by erosion. Hoodoos typically consist of relatively...
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    153 ft) chimney. Construction began in 1993, finished in 1995, making it the tallest artificial structure in Romania and the third tallest chimney in Europe...
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