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  2. Chimney sweep - Wikipedia

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    A chimney sweep in Wexford, Ireland in 1850. A chimney sweep is a person who inspects then clears soot and creosote from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to create a draught and draw air over the hot coals or wood enabling continued combustion. Chimneys may be straight or contain many changes of ...

  3. Category:Chimney sweeps - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to chimney sweeps, persons who clear ash and soot from chimneys. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. W.

  4. Plaque for chimney sweep, 11, whose death changed law - AOL

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    The death of a child chimney sweep in Fulbourn prompted a change in the law banning "climbing boys" [Getty Images] The first blue plaque to commemorate the life of a child will be unveiled at the ...

  5. National Chimney Sweep Guild - Wikipedia

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    The NCSG is governed by an elected board of directors made up of representatives from eight geographic regions within North America, one supplier representative and four at-large directors. In 1986, NCSG published the first edition of Successful Chimney Sweeping, the first manual to set a standard for chimney service practices ever written.

  6. Chimney - Wikipedia

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    A chimney cowl or wind directional cap is a helmet-shaped chimney cap that rotates to align with the wind and prevent a downdraft of smoke and wind down the chimney. An H-style cap is a chimney top constructed from chimney pipes shaped like the letter H. It is an age-old method of regulating draft in situations where prevailing winds or ...

  7. Chimney Sweepers Act 1875 - Wikipedia

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    The Chimney Sweepers Act 1875 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that superseded the Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act 1840 passed to try to stop child labour. The bills, proposed by Lord Shaftesbury , were triggered by the death of twelve-year-old George Brewster, whose master had caused him to climb and clean the ...

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