This week's word : smoke stack

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ChrisJ
ChrisJ Posts: 17,732
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So.

Where did the term smoke stack come from and why?   This of course also lead to the term "stack effect" as well.

Is it because we stack pipes?  Is it because the smoke stacks in the pipe?

Hmmm.


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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Posts: 21,181
    A stack that contains smoke. probably from the coal era.
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  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Posts: 17,732
    EBEBRATT-Ed said:
    A stack that contains smoke. probably from the coal era.
    Maybe.

    Why "stack"?


    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
    Alan (California Radiant) Forbes Posts: 4,874
    edited March 2024
    Kind of strange that they were originally called stalks and that a cluster of stalks was called a stack. Maybe stack is easier to understand when spoken than stalk. Also, men like to say stacked; or, used to.

    Thanks for the history lesson, @DJD775!
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  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Posts: 17,732

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • DJD775
    DJD775 Posts: 265
    I don't know if this totally clears it up but interesting nonetheless.
    https://smithheritagesurveyors.com/a-brief-history-of-chimneys-chimney-stacks-and-chimneys-pots/#:~:text=In Middle English it was,superstructure of the stack, i.e..
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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Posts: 21,181
    I usually think of a stack as a metal chimney, but plenty of people call masonry chimneys stacks.

    It's almost like residential is a chimney and commercial/industrial is a stack.

    Same with ships " the stack is smoking" they would never say the chimney is smoking.
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Posts: 17,732
    EBEBRATT-Ed said:
    I usually think of a stack as a metal chimney, but plenty of people call masonry chimneys stacks. It's almost like residential is a chimney and commercial/industrial is a stack. Same with ships " the stack is smoking" they would never say the chimney is smoking.
    On ships they're funnels, no?

    We also have plumbing. Drain stacks etc. 

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Posts: 5,960




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