Chimney felling
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Chimney felling is the practice of demolishing or "felling" a chimney stack. The practice is considered by some to be a dying art. Modern health and safety rules now largely prohibit the practice in industrialized areas; the current technique is to pack explosives around the base of the chimney.
The UK's Fred Dibnah, a steeplejack, became a celebrity for his sensationalized technique of chimney felling; lighting a large fire in the bottom of a stack and watching the chimney belching smoke as its last act was ideal pyrotechnics for television.
