Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 157
e wooden gutter being used in the New EnglandStates and a tin or galvanized gutter in other sections of the country.The planceer may either be nailed to the bottom of the rafters, asshown at B, or may be carried in level, as shown at A. This formof cornice is generally termed a box cornice, as the… … Fig. 129a. Fig. 130. it has been found that in the Northern States during many days inwinter snow is apt to lodge in the gutter, and the snow on the roofmelting a little during the middle of the day, runs down to the snowin the gutter, where it freezes again, and in this way the ice backs upover…
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