Downspout
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- Constable Downspout is also a police officer in the Ankh-Morpork City Watch.
A downspout, downpipe, roof drain pipe,[1] or leader is a vertical pipe for carrying rainwater from a rain gutter to ground level. There the water is directed away from the building's foundation and to a sewer, rainwater harvesting, or let into the ground through seepage.
The bottom of the downspout often has an elbow which directs the water away from the building.This is to protect a building's foundation from water damage. Decorative heads are occasionally added, these being low-height gargoyles.
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- ^ Francis Joseph Patry 1974. Roof Drain Arrangement. United States Patent 3909412
