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The Anaconda Smelter Stack is the tallest surviving masonry structure in the world, with an overall height of about 585 feet (178.3 m), including a brick chimney 555 feet (169.2 m) tall and the downhill side of a concrete foundation 30 feet (9.1 m) tall.
Two chimneys interpreted as belonging to two distinct domestic structures have been identified. One chimney is still intact and stands approximately 3 metres (9.8 ft) in height. A second chimney located approximately 8 metres (26 ft) distant to the intact chimney is mostly collapsed, the remains standing 1.3 metres (4 ft 3 in) in height.
The pumping station at Ryhope, Sunderland, was built in 1869, more or less Jacobean in style with curving Dutch gables, and an octagonal brick chimney. The architectural historian Hubert Pragnell calls it a "cathedral of pistons and brass set within a fine shell of Victorian brickwork with no expense spared". [30]
With a large Carmel stone chimney and industrial steel casement windows, the house boasts a blend of traditional and modern architecture. [2]: p86 Jacob W. Wright House Santa Fe Street NE of 8th Avenue George Whitcomb Vernacular: 1931 The Jacob W. Wright House (No. 2) was built in 1931 for Jacob W. Wright, a retired newspaperman. [2]: p83
The red brick chimney is located behind The Nag's Head on Tuttle Street [3] and is considered a Wrexham landmark. It is a visible companion to the nearby St Giles' Church which both can be seen from afar alongside each other. [4] [5] The chimney marks the site of one of the 19 former breweries located in Wrexham in the 1860s. [6] [7]
A cap, hood, or shroud serves to 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 liners than with the traditional masonry chimney, which soaks up all but the most violent rain. Some chimneys have a spark arrestor incorporated into the crown or ...
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The house is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story timber-frame structure, with a side gable roof, central brick chimney, and clapboard siding. The front facade is five bays wide, with slightly irregular spacing of windows, and a comparatively elaborate front door surround consisting of flanking sidelight windows and pilasters supporting a corniced entablature.