Skip to main content

Catch basins

Scope note

Receptacles that separate and retain greases, oil, dirt, gravel, and all other substances lighter or heavier than the liquid waste that bears them, such as to prevent their entrance into the house sewer. STEIN

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300052554

Term used for

basins, catch

Equivalent Terms used

catch basin

Created

12yrs ago

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: catch basins" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-44700 Accessed: 2024-03-29 05:55:17

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-44700|title=Terminology definition for: catch basins|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 05:55:17|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/terminology/term-44700

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...