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  2. Rain gutter - Wikipedia

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    Eaves gutter and downpipe. Decorative lead hopper head dated 1662, Durham Castle. A rain gutter, eavestrough, eaves-shoot or surface water collection channel is a component of a water discharge system for a building. [1] It is necessary to prevent water dripping or flowing off roofs in an uncontrolled manner for several reasons: to prevent it ...

  3. Storm drain - Wikipedia

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    Storm drain grate on a street in Warsaw, Poland Storm drain with its pipe visible beneath it due to construction work. A storm drain, storm sewer (United Kingdom, U.S. and Canada), surface water drain/sewer (United Kingdom), or stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) is infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces such as paved streets, car parks ...

  4. Eaves - Wikipedia

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    Eaves overhang, shown here with a bracket system of modillons. The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building. The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls and may be highly decorated as part of an architectural style, such as the Chinese dougong bracket ...

  5. Street gutter - Wikipedia

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    Street gutter. A street gutter is a depression that runs parallel to a road and is designed to collect rainwater that flows along the street diverting it into a storm drain. A gutter alleviates water buildup on a street, allows pedestrians to pass without walking through puddles, and reduces the risk of hydroplaning by road vehicles. When a ...

  6. Box gutter - Wikipedia

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    A box gutter, internal gutter, parallel gutter, or trough gutter is a rain gutter on a roof usually rectangular in shape; it may be lined with EPDM rubber, metal, asphalt, or roofing felt, and may be concealed behind a parapet or the eaves, or in a roof valley. [1] [2]

  7. Shoulder (road) - Wikipedia

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    Shoulder (road) A shoulder ( American English ), hard shoulder ( British English) [ 1] or breakdown lane ( Australian English) is an emergency stopping lane by the verge on the outer side of a road or motorway. Many wider freeways, or expressways elsewhere have shoulders on both sides of each directional carriageway—in the median, as well as ...

  8. History of waste management - Wikipedia

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    History of waste management. Waste management has been a concern for human civilizations throughout history. The earliest known wastewater management system dates back to around 6500 BCE in present-day Syria, featuring sophisticated gutter systems and settling chambers. Ancient civilizations like the Roman Empire developed complex waste removal ...

  9. Hip roof - Wikipedia

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    Hip roof. A hip roof, hip-roof [1] or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope, with variants including tented roofs and others. [2] Thus, a hipped roof has no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid.

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