For about 3 months now, the chimney stack at Hawksley has stood out like an errant urchin defiantley shouting at everyone from miles around…
…i thought the height of that stack would prod people into making their own chimneys in the industrial sites of NB taller.. but it didnt, so im here to present my case.
The Hawksley Pump House stack looks big, but its to scale…
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=425398
You might all be thinking “Thats tooooo tall!” but look at this…
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Atherton/images/Cotton2.jpg
Manchester early 1900’s http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/721.$plit/C_71_article_1592859_image_list_image_list_item_0_image.jpg
Wood carve print, London, 1890 http://l.yimg.com/ck/image/A1844/18445/470_18445.jpg
The average height of those chimneys, most of which was felled by the infamous Fred Dibnah by the 1960’s was 70 to 80m tall. The stack at Hawksley is just over 70m tall. By the time 1900 rolled in stacks of over 150m tall was being built.
Chimneys aint held together by the mortar, they are held together by gravity…tons, and tons of brick pressing down on each other. By the time Fred Dibnah felled a lot of those old 1890 and 1910 stacks the mortar was so loose he could take a hammer to it and chunks of the stuff would crumble into dust.
So, do you have an industrial building?
Have you got a big boiler driving machinery somewhere?
Take your existing chimney stack and stretch it up by about 20 to 30m…it will make a massive diffference to the skyline of New Babbage!
Also in the future Fred Dibnah will be able to knock it down again! *nods*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L1WOnR2KBY
A factory town then?
I dunno if every factory in NB needs a massive chimney, but I do agree that a few taller ones would add to the skyline. Don’t want it lookin’ like a bloomin’ forest, do we?
Not sure about that, many writers used the image of a dark forest when describing British industrial cities…..
It puts the smoke higher above our streets and helps make the city clean-er-ish.
“A fast moving column of hot air. That’s….energy. Hmmm……” *pulls out a notebook*
I don’t think there is such a thing as too. many chims looming up in the sky in this town. now can you get from north to south without touching the ground?
Having visited one of our neighbors in the steamlands I would like to recant any and all questioning reserve with regard to the chimneys. I vote in favor.
/me is reacting to the absence of soot and wants to go home.
it makes your lungs strong.
…and it also keeps the more heavier laden soot smoke away from windows, instead of having to clean them every day, you only need to clean them every two days…
Heh. Head over to Beijing right now, and your lungs will gain super-strength. *wry grin*
I’m upgrading from 2 to 3 stacks, and that’s just for a cafe!
Rising to Victor’s challenge Ahab’s smoke stake has been upgraded.
The stack was 39.2 meters. The stack is now 61.25 meters.
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