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Great Chimney of Hitachi MineHitachi Kozan no Oentotsu
Also known as: Great Chimney
A chimney about 155.7m tall, completed in 1914 as a countermeasure to smoke pollution from the Hitachi Mine. About two-thirds of it collapsed in 1993, leaving roughly a third of its original height (about 54m) standing and still in use today.
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