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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Fred Dibnah (section Chimney felling)
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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Cricket (roofing) (redirect from Chimney-cricket)
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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Hoodoo (geology) (redirect from Fairy chimney)
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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Phoenix Copper Smelter (redirect from Chimney in Baia Mare, Romania)
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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