This is how I understand "culvert", from New Zealand. Although I've rarely heard "sewer tunnel", it's just "sewer".
Tim. On 27 August 2010 06:29, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote: > The term "culvert" is also standard usage in American English. "Tunnel" is > generally used to mean an underground passageway large enough for a person > to walk through, if not larger. Also, the default assumption is that a > tunnel is not intended for drainage, unless there is a longer phrase such as > "sewer tunnel". A "culvert" refers to a tube or pipe under a roadway or > other raised area, meant to carry surface-water runoff. Some are large > enough to walk through, but most aren't. Usually they extend only for a > short distance, such as the width of a roadway. "Covered" does not indicate > the size of a passageway, nor does it indicate the intended purpose of the > passageway. > > -------Original Email------- > Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] Culvert and average contributor > From :mailto:rich...@systemed.net > Date :Thu Aug 26 13:10:13 America/Chicago 2010 > > > > Pieren wrote: > > Question 1 : is "culvert" commonly used by native english speakers ? > > Is that a term mainly used by civil engineers ? > > It's in very frequent use among boaters on the British canals, largely > because the ruddy things keep collapsing and taking the canal with them. > > cheers > Richard > -- > View this message in context: > http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/Culvert-and-average-contributor-tp5466555p5466615.html > Sent from the General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com > "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not > to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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