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2. Fostoria Shade and Lamp Company - Wikipedia

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   Lamps from the 1890s consisted of a stand, font, chimney, and often a shade. [24] The font (also spelled "fount") held the kerosine for the lamp. [25] The chimney was a glass tube placed around the lamp's flame that had a bulge at the base that kept drafts away from the flame and added extra illumination. [26]

3. Kerosene lamp - Wikipedia

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   A kerosene lamp (also known as a paraffin lamp in some countries) is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. Kerosene lamps have a wick or mantle as light source, protected by a glass chimney or globe; lamps may be used on a table, or hand-held lanterns may be used for portable lighting.

4. Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bowstring Concrete Arch ...

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   Unlike a rail or road bridge, this bridge can be considered an unusual pedestrian bridge in that it was built by the Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company in 1924 to provide access from the glass plant to a warehouse on the other side of Simpson Creek. The bridge was designed to carry hand carts with glass products across the river to the warehouse.

5. Helene leaves 'biblical devastation' as death toll climbs to ...

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   Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Hurricane Helene for Sunday, Sept. 29. For the latest news on the storm, view our live updates file for Monday, Sept. 30. ASHEVILLE, N.C. − More ...

6. Macbeth-Evans Glass Company - Wikipedia

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   The Macbeth-Evans Glass Company was an American glass company that created "almost every kind of glass for illuminating, industrial and scientific purposes," but is today famous for making depression glass. [1] The company was established in 1899 after a merger between the glass companies of Thomas Evans and George A. Macbeth. [1]

7. Photos: Helene decimates Chimney Rock, N.C., a mountain ... - AOL

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   A damaged structure and vehicle are seen in downtown Chimney Rock, N.C., on Wednesday after the passage of Hurricane Helene. (Allison Joyce/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images)

8. ‘There’s just nothing left.’ Helene wipes out Chimney Rock’s ...

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   The National Weather Service reported that in some places just west of the two communities, more than 19 inches of rain fell. And it kept falling, down the mountainsides and into the creeks and ...

9. Chimney - Wikipedia

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   A chimney pot is placed on top of the chimney to expand the length of the chimney inexpensively, and to improve the chimney's draft. A chimney with more than one pot on it indicates that multiple fireplaces on different floors share the chimney. A cowl is placed on top of the chimney to prevent birds and other animals from nesting in the ...