Emery County Progress | 1907-01-12 | Page 6 | Tall Chimneys of Europe

TALL CHIMNEYS OF EUROPE in scotland have an alt tude of feet higl est chimney in england is that at barlow dob on s mill at bol ton accord ig to harper s weekly it Is ats feet in height and the mate rial used in its construction was bricks aid tons of s one ie big s noke stack Is excelled by at east tio in scotland the st rol lo 10 chimney in glasgow is feet and the townsend chimney in ane same cit is feet hi h but the steeplejacks make no more of climb ing such shafts than one a thud of their height though the vibration is much greater and more serious at times all chamnes chim nes vibrate especially in a gale it Is a condit on of their safety but tao oscillation at alv top is a serious matter bov any one at work there duding a hia wind and the job is postponed to a calmer na lancashire also I 1 casts one of the crook odest ch eneis n the world a shaft at brool mill he wool which is nearly feet high md than six feet out of plumb it has been belted with iron bands and is consid ered safe