Street gutter

The gutter is the original brick, hollowed wastewater channel in the middle of the street of medieval towns. By means of the gutter were flushed out all forms of waste water from the city. This caused sewage odors. With the advent of underground sewers ( early 20th century ) the gutters have been removed.

1-1.5 m in width as they applied the " gutters, gutters paved roads: Earlier it was also the gutter on the footpath along a road, a gutter or drain, possibly also known as a sink drain, so of Lueger 1904 be where the space for side ditches missing ( in towns with a high center of footpaths ) [ Figure 1], and in deep cuts with laterally limiting retaining walls [ Fig 2] ".

Aphorism

Colloquially, the gutter is the place where the homeless gather, petty criminals and neglected people. Someone is " in the gutter at home " or " coming out of the gutter ."

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. " Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan, Act 3 / Lord Darlington.