smokestack
Example Sentences
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Take for instance the San Bernardino Santa Fe smokestack, a towering 189-foot-tall structure from the 1920s that fueled the nearby railway power plant until 1994.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 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
They're worried about PFAs plumes in their ground, poisoning their water, or whether or not their air is poisoned by sulfur dioxide from a smokestack next to them.
From Salon • May 2, 2025
A photograph was even circulated, depicting smoke spewing from the building’s smokestack!
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024
The building shared a smokestack with unit 3.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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