smokestack
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On Friday, rescue operations were terminated at a paper factory where a smokestack collapsed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Whatever “industrials” means in the modern sense, “it isn’t smokestack industries,” said Interactive Brokers Chief Strategist Steves Sosnick.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
“They’re going to look like an Amazon distribution warehouse; there’s no smokestack and massive tailings pond next to it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
For decades, these newly immigrated workers would be segregated into the neighborhoods surrounding the smokestack, he added, leading to the growth of a large multigenerational Mexican community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
Note the paddle wheel and smokestack in the middle of the ship, as well as the masts for sails at both the bow and stern.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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