The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-10-23
Chirnncys.

Two gentlemen were WALKING
through the manufacturing district
along the North river above Fourteenth
street the other day, when their atten-
ton was called to a tall brick chimney
of an unused factory. Tho chimney
was moro than 150 in height and stood
apart from the building to which it was
connected by an iron iluo about six
feet from the ground, but tho fluo had
been taken away. Under tho hole
whcrc the flu6 entered tho chimney
was pile of brick and stone. Tho holo
itself was apparently open, but q sec
ond look showed that heavy coffee
sacking hung over it on tho inside of
the chimney wall, which seemed to be
about twenty inches thick. When the
men first looked at it boy of 13 years
was climbing through the hole into tho
chimney.
''The boys have u den in thorc, l
presume, said the elder of the two
men. at is warm and dry and very
like the caves they read about in tn cir
dime stories, black as VOLTS mouth.
you know"
'Don't tho light shine in at tho ton
of tho chimneyP" inquired tho young
man.
'1es, but it does not reach thcm.
Let me tell you something about chin.
ncys. That pile of brick is twenty feet
square, and whcro that boy went in il
Is 20 inches thick. Then comes q sDacc
that is moro than three feet across and
then n twelve inch wall surrounds q
1lue that is about seven feet on a side.
That vacant space between tho inner
and the outer walls makes fine cave
Tor the boys. Tho chimney is thick fol
its size. Thcro is one in Lawrence,
Mass, 234 feet high, and is no larger or
the base than this one. Down towr
near the North river ferries is the larn
est chimney in the world. Tho inside
of the flue is 27 feet 10 inches long by s
feet inches wide. 1t is 221 feet hiEh
1t takes the smoke from four tiers O
boilers, 80 in all, in which 1000 tons O.
coal are burned in day. -.r
"Ihere arc some very queer chin.
neys in the world. l have read of ono
In Mexican factory which was made
OF sun dried bricks that were ten inches
| long and seven Widc, and three thick.
Ihere Is chimney in Pennsylvania
that is made of old iron rails that does
good service. Queer, isn't itp''
yes said tho young man. 1.-The
house that Christine ilsson was born
IN was mado of unhcwn logs piled up
with mud chinked into the cracks. The
chimney is said TO be of wood also.
Long Hat pieces were split out of tho
logs and laid up rs were the logs of the
house. but into the shape of FIREPLACE
taperinS of into flue where smaller
sticks were used. Inside of tho fire
place wall of round stones was piled
up and thickly plastered with mud, as
was tho inside of tho wooden iluo above.
When, as occasionally happened, tho
mud fell of, her father climbed up in
sido and plastcrcd more on. Whether
That chimney was made so or not,
plenty of others arc in tho West and
South
speaking about fireplaccs," said tho
older man, ''reminds me of q yery sim
gular place where they were formerly
ased. One hundred and fifty years ago
stoves wero unknown Tho fishing
smacks that sailed out Of Gloucester in
those days were small affairs of from
twenty to forty tons, but they had to
carry fire, of course. In tho foro
cuddy they built brick fireplace, with
brick tluc running up through the
deck. l never heard that any of them
burned, either, though tho back log
must have been we'll shaken I'D when
they got into chop sea on the Georges
bank. The Willow, tho Blancy, and
the Squirrel were 'pinkcrys' when they
fitted out in that way between 1920 and
1880 Tradition says that tho hucs
wero good places to smoke herring,
and that the fishermen were abour rs
padly smoked in the cuddy rs tho her.
ring wcro in the iluc.-M Y. Suu.