Sweeping the Skies: How Factory and Mill Chimneys Were Cleaned in the UK “Back in the Day”
Sweeping the Skies: How Factory and Mill Chimneys Were Cleaned in the UK “Back in the Day”: When we think of industrial Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries, images of towering brick chimneys spewing coal smoke come to mind. These smokestacks were symbols of the Industrial Revolution’s might—but they were also soot-clogged fire hazards. …