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2. Conservation and restoration of lighthouses - Wikipedia

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   Wood was either used for construction on the exterior or in combination with masonry and/or iron to build components of the lighthouse (ex. stairs). The largest cause for deterioration of wood in lighthouses is from exposure to moisture. This exposure is normally the result of direct and prolonged exposure to damp conditions.

3. Carbide lamp - Wikipedia

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   This, in turn, controls the flow rate of the gas and the size of the flame at the burner, and thus the amount of light it produces. This type of lamp generally has a reflector behind the flame to help project the light forward. An acetylene gas powered lamp produces a bright, broad light.

4. Fatwood - Wikipedia

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   Wood from other locations can also be used, such as the joints where limbs intersect the trunk. Although most resinous pines can produce fatwood, in the southeastern United States the wood is commonly associated with longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris ), which historically was highly valued for its high pitch production.

5. Biomass heating system - Wikipedia

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   Wood chips in a storage hopper, in the middle an agitator to transport the material with a screw conveyor to the boiler. Biomass heating systems generate heat from biomass. The systems may use direct combustion, gasification, combined heat and power (CHP), anaerobic digestion or aerobic digestion to produce heat. Biomass heating may be fully ...

6. Woodchips - Wikipedia

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   The University of New Brunswick operates a wood chip burning furnace system to supply heat to the university, several industrial buildings, an apartment complex and a hospital. [46] Usage of wood chips for heat is low in Quebec due to low hydroelectricity rates but a small town is using wood chips as an alternative to road salt for icy roads.

7. Beehive burner - Wikipedia

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   Beehive burner in Canada. A wood waste burner, known as a teepee burner or wigwam burner in the United States and a beehive burner in Canada, is a free-standing conical steel structure usually ranging from 30 to 60 feet in height. They are named for their resemblance to beehives, teepees or wigwams. A sawdust burner is cylindrical. They have an ...

8. Lighthouse Digest - Wikipedia

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   Lighthouse Digest, a specialty magazine from FogHorn Publishing in East Machias, Maine, is about maritime history with particular attention to the preservation of lighthouses and their past. [1] Though it is geared toward enthusiasts and antiquarians in the United States , it is also quoted commonly in more academic publications, and its ...

9. Charcoal pile - Wikipedia

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   The heat of the smouldering wood inside the pile drives all liquid and organic components out of the wood as smoke. The job of the charcoal burner at this stage is to neither let the pile go out nor to let it burn down as a result of too much air over the following days or weeks (depending on the size of the pile and the weather). To do this ...