chimney stacks

Brick exhaust towers

Chimney stacks are the vertical structures that rise above a rooftop, carrying smoke and gases from fireplaces or furnaces up and away from the building.

The term often refers to the visible portion extending above the roofline: Victorian houses with their distinctive chimney stacks.

Industrial chimney stacks—tall smokestacks at factories or power plants—disperse emissions high into the atmosphere.

Related
  • brick kilnOven for firing clay blocks
  • sootCarbon from incomplete burning
  • flueChimney's inner passage
  • smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
  • coal smokeFumes from burned carbon

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airflow direction

chimney stacksintake vents

Openings for air entry

air intakes · roof vents · louvres

thermal function

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Industrial heat-removal structures

vertical architectural orientation

chimney stacksbasements

Floors below ground level

foundations · cellars · underground chambers · crawl spaces

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G