Chimney
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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, stove, furnace, incinerator, or fireplace from h
A smoke hood in the Netherlands
Chimney pots in London, seen from the tower of Westminster Cathedral
A seagull sits on top of a hot gas cooling chimney at The World of Glass in St. Helens in the United Kingdom
Chimney in NED University
Chimney sweep
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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 of gas to create a draught and draw air over the h
Chimney
…mandatory—that chimneys be inspected annually and cleaned on a regular basis to prevent these problems. The workers who perform this task are called chimney sweeps or steeplejacks. This work used to be done largely by child labour and, as such, features in Victorian literature. In the Middle Ages in some parts of…
A chimney sweep in Kent, England, 1918
A master chimney sweep (right) and his apprentice boy, known as a Spazzacamino, in Italy at the end of the 19th century
Chimney sweepers on a roof in Stockholm in the early 20th century
The Chimney Sweep by Frederick Daniel Hardy, 1866