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Recent Examples of chimney stackHedwig, blinkered by the bounty of her domestic environs, seemingly ignores the infernal light and smoke from nearby chimney stacks, and otherwise blocks out the machinery of mass death: the barking of guard dogs, the rumbling of crematoria, the crack of pistols, the screams of prisoners.—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
This is because that process requires a substantial amount of energy to heat, cool, and pump solvents that absorb CO2 from the flue gases.
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IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Dec. 2017
The four-story house was built into a hillside and featured concrete walls, gabled tile roofs, balustrade terraces, arched portico and a chimney with six flues, the city of Capitola wrote in an application seeking to include the building on the National Register of Historic Places.
At Farm Central, the Seabrook headquarters, a brick smokestack, built by Kelly Brickworks in Philadelphia, with the name SEABROOK painted vertically, rose 225 feet in the air.
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John Seabrook
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
None deny minority neighborhoods on the South and West sides suffer more from the dirty air, water and soil that historically came from steel mills, smokestacks and truck traffic.
Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.
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Kevin Cortez,
Popular Mechanics,
25 May 2023
Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.
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Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2023
Manyo Club pipes pure onsen water from a nearby spring into over five indoor and outdoor pools.
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Kim Kay,
Travel + Leisure,
20 July 2025
The total cost of the project to separate sewage from stormwater pipes and to store waste totals $170 million, and the last of the work is projected to be finished around 2040.
To prevent this, the engine's hydrogen fuel runs through a heat exchanger to chill a liquid helium coolant that flows through a complex network of small tubes in the air inlet.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 July 2025
The company, owned by DuPont and based in Atlanta, makes tubes, catheters, medical balloons, packaging and more.
Our home’s ventilation is only as good as the air vents and ducts are clean.
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Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
24 June 2025
Eye drops and tear duct plugs can help treat dry eyes, while medications and stress relief can help relieve headaches.
Consider speaking to your healthcare provider if dry eyes or headaches are interfering with your daily life or causing extreme symptoms.
The former's longtime, hall-of-fame songwriting collaborator Bernie Taupin and Carlile contributed lyrics, with Watt acting as the producer, mediator and creative conduit.
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Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
The consultant also documented a leak into a primary electrical conduit pathway that presents a significant safety hazard, according to court documents.
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Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 June 2025
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