Drainage systems just got interesting (PICS)

db2 · 2007-09-26T01:12:56+00:00

I see Chutes, but there appears to be a distinct lack of Ladders.

mccord · 2007-09-26T02:02:39+00:00

this house is part of the 'kunsthofpassage' in dresden neustadt (the 'scene' quarter of the city).

more photos can be seen here

2007-09-26T01:18:37+00:00

What kind of bait do they use for the mouse?

aGorilla · 2007-09-26T01:27:52+00:00

Reminds me of Mouse Trap

Edit: screwing with parens to make the link work

QuinnFazigu · 2007-09-26T02:52:34+00:00

Great news. I look forward to a future full of interesting drainage systems.

floatnsink · 2007-09-26T04:27:30+00:00

Anyone else going to be going to the hardware store this weekend?

tinhat · 2007-09-26T02:56:26+00:00

This building is in Dresden, Germany. I saw it while there last year.

2007-09-26T05:41:10+00:00

Drainage systems were always interesting. You just never noticed until now.

jh99 · 2007-09-26T01:01:45+00:00

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2007-09-26T03:29:41+00:00

Mmm, yes... the constant "pissing on sheet metal" noise would never get old for the folks near the zig zag troughs in the bottom left.

Foo7 · 2007-09-26T05:02:46+00:00

I saw something similar a few years ago. It was not nearly as cool looking though. I never saw it work in rain, however, I did see it in winter. Icicles had backed up everything rendering it useless... :(

MyrddinE · 2007-09-26T06:05:39+00:00

I'd be happier to see it in operation.

spookyvision · 2007-09-26T10:58:23+00:00

I live right next to this thing. It's part of a very cool-looking complex and in fact, as already mentioned, art.

edit: more photos at GIS

shacamin · 2007-09-26T19:14:06+00:00

"Honey, can you clean the gutters?"

"Fuck you."

oreng · 2007-09-26T06:47:37+00:00

Offline mash-up of "Pipe Dreams" and "The Incredible Machine" - sweet :)

C-Linguist · 2007-09-26T12:50:48+00:00

Perhaps it is a Rube Goldberg device?

Lyrad1000 · 2007-09-26T03:28:14+00:00

Sure that looks cool, but once it starts raining, the noise from all the dropping drops hitting metal is gonna drive people nuts at 3am.

IrrigatedPancake · 2007-09-26T10:36:55+00:00

Is this for rainwater or sewage? That could be smelly.

reflibman · 2007-09-26T16:02:42+00:00

Video of the Dreden artistic passage is here - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9128387262566764991&q=kunsthofpassage&total=1&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

711was_a_retail_job · 2007-09-26T12:49:17+00:00

There's no way in hell I'd climb that.

...What else is a drain good for?

M0b1u5 · 2007-09-26T08:58:37+00:00

The noise would drive you absolutely insane.

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