History Of Gutters

This is the earliest form of gutter on record.

History of gutters.

The history of gutters the need to collect rainwater for drinking and channel water for irrigation dates back to ancient times. Wooden gutters and downspouts were developed in recently. Rainwater captured in barrels was used for bathing and washing. 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.

This shape directed rain water towards the outside edges of the road. Start of the roman empire. The romans completely reinvented and improved roads by constructing them so they slanted downwards from the middle towards the outside. In the late 1700 s rain gutters began appearing in the new american colonies usually consisting of two boards shaped into a v.

Constructed from bricks made out of burnt clay these ancient gutters would serve less than today s purposes. The tower of london innovation. As metal become more available gutters were lined with zinc or made from lead. The history of rain gutters dates back to the indus valley civilization between 3000 bc and 1500 bc.

Gutters began as a primitive sewage system gargoyles instead of downspouts. 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. Cast iron and. The romans understood the importance of water and named the goddess of the sewers cloacina.

In the middle ages the normans introduced lead gargoyles to england. Gutters began their journey to your home in early roman times.