chimneystacks

Industrial exhaust towers

Chimneystacks are the vertical structures that rise above rooftops to vent smoke and gases from fireplaces, furnaces, or industrial processes.

In domestic architecture, a chimneystack may serve multiple flues from different rooms.

Industrial chimneystacks—often called smokestacks—are the tall towers at factories and power plants: The old mill's chimneystacks still dominate the skyline.

industrial

factory

Industrial production facility

millGrain-crushing facility
furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
smelterOre-refining plant

refinery · foundry · pollution · emission · Victorian · brick · coal · steam · power plant · manufacturing

architectural

rooftop

Building's top exterior surface

terracePaved outdoor extension
skylineUrban profile against atmosphere
potVessel for cooking

cowl · flashing · mortar · brickwork · cap · crown · draft · ventilation · masonry · pointing

maritime

steamship

Boiler-propelled water vessel

linerInner protective covering
funnelCone directing flow
ocean linerLarge scheduled passenger vessel

Titanic · transatlantic · steamer · vessel · deck · smoke · hull · boiler room · stoker · coal bunker

geological

rock formation

Natural stone arrangement

erosionGradual wearing away
coastlineLand-water boundary
basaltFine-grained volcanic stone

columns · cliff · volcanic · pillar · pinnacle · weathering · sedimentary · Scotland · Ireland · tidal

Opposites

air flow direction

chimneystacksair intakes

Engine breathing ports

intake vents · air vents

vertical architectural position

chimneystacksfoundations

Structural bases below ground

basements · cellars · crawl spaces · underground chambers · footings

industrial/environmental symbolism

chimneystackswind turbines

Machines converting air movement to electricity

solar panels · windmills · green roofs · wind farms · solar arrays

Family

chimneystack

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