Posted by Emperor Wang |
6/10/2005 9:38 PM | remove |
Strange. It looks like the downspout of a gutter, but it isn't connected to anything.
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Posted by SoupMeister |
6/10/2005 11:30 PM | remove |
I know! They're all around this building. There must have been gutters up there at some point, or pipes connecting to the gutters on the roof.
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Posted by IIVQ |
6/11/2005 5:17 PM | remove |
Could it be that the gutters continue on the inside of the building above this?
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Posted by SoupMeister |
6/13/2005 8:21 AM | remove |
It could. The factory buildings had unusual drains and gutters -- I saw a gutter *inside* building B, and it was hard at work (it had just stormed down).
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Posted by SnakeCorp |
6/15/2005 8:51 PM | remove |
It could be that the wall on this side extends higher than the level of the roof gulley on the other side? Hope that makes some sort of sense..
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Posted by maxt |
10/19/2005 7:25 AM | remove |
Perhaps there is a hole above/behind the "cap"? Would also explain the paint decay.
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Posted by SoupMeister |
10/22/2005 8:56 PM | remove |
Looks that way. Pity we'll never find out. The bastards demolished this building recently. :(
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Posted by more cowbell |
1/4/2006 1:35 AM | remove |
This appears to be what is called a "scupper". It catches water as it drains off a flat roof and drains it away down the gutter that you see in the picture. The high wall behind the scupper that is higher than the roof is called a parapet. Hope this helps and doesn't put you to sleep.
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