{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.graduation-tower","code":"thing-q1541226","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1541226/","name":"graduation tower","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A tall wooden structure packed with blackthorn brushwood over which brine is trickled so that wind and sun evaporate water and concentrate the salt, historically used in salt works to reduce fuel for boiling, and today maintained at spa towns such as Bad Kreuznach and Ciechocinek where the salty mist is inhaled for respiratory health; graduation towers are industrial heritage and spa features of Central Europe.","purpose":"Let an agent explain graduation towers and how they work, relay history in salt production and spa 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