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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: List of tallest chimneys in the world, Homer City Generating Station, Gibson Generating Station, Chimney sweep, Maritsa Iztok Complex, 2009 Korba chimney collapse, Ugljevik Power Plant, Inco Superstack, Orot Rabin, Prune ov Power Station, Keystone Generating Station, Plant Bowen, Jaworzno Power Station, Cloud Factory, Conemaugh Generating Station, Anaconda Smelter Stack, Plant Scherer, Duvha Power Station, Ross River Meatworks Chimney, Chimney fire, Kennecott Smokestack, Clifty Creek Power Plant, Arnot Power Station, Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station, Kozienice Power Station, Kaw czyn Heat Plant, Chimenea, Westerholt Power Station, Buschhaus Power Station, Janschwalde Power Station, Boxberg Power Station, Camden Power Station, Halsbrucker Esse, Teruel Power Plant, Harllee Branch Power Plant, Tutuka Power Station, Trbovlje Chimney, Cheminee du Front de Seine, Harrison Power Station, Herne Power Plant, Matla Power Station, Phoenix Copper Smelter, Pirdop copper smelter and refinery, Berkey and Gay Furniture Company Factory, Plomin Power Station, Chimney breast, Goodyear chimney, Chvaletice Power Station, Mitchell Power Plant, Tu imice Power Station, HKW Chemnitz-Nord, Novaky Power Plant. Excerpt: A list of the tallest chimneys of the world. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, tall chimneys were built, at the beginning with bricks, and later also of concrete or steel. Although chimneys never held the absolute height record, they are among the tallest free-standing architectural structures and often hold national records (as tallest free-standing or as overall tallest structure of a country). A chimney is a structure for venting hot flue gases or smoke from a boiler, stove, furnace or fireplace to the outside atmosphere. Chimneys are typically vertical, or as near as possible to vertical, to ensure that t...
