History Of Gutters

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History of gutters.

Wooden gutters and downspouts were developed in recently. The history of gutters the need to collect rainwater for drinking and channel water for irrigation dates back to ancient times. The romans introduced guttering to great britain or britannia as they would name it to both disperse rainwater and store it for later use in cisterns. The romans understood the importance of water and named the goddess of the sewers cloacina.

Later in the 1800 s cast iron and copper gutters began to replace the lead gutters. This is the earliest form of gutter on record. Start of the roman empire. In the middle ages the normans introduced lead gargoyles to england.

This shape directed rain water towards the outside edges of the road. As metal become more available gutters were lined with zinc or made from lead. Rainwater captured in barrels was used for bathing and washing. The tower of london innovation.

The romans completely reinvented and improved roads by constructing them so they slanted downwards from the middle towards the outside. The romans also engaged in early forms of guttering between 27 bc 14 ad. Gutters began as a primitive sewage system gargoyles instead of downspouts. Constructed from bricks made out of burnt clay these ancient gutters would serve less than today s purposes.

The history of rain gutters dates back to the indus valley civilization between 3000 bc and 1500 bc. The harappan civilization which resided in what is now pakistan used water borne toilets linked by drains that were covered with bricks of burnt clay.