The Conduit Cisterns

Four roofed stone tanks where the city's piped water comes out, serving the Fleecegate, Ninefields, Hollowgate and Cinders districts. A council-paid keeper tends each, and a queue waits at every one for most of the day. They act as the city's true public squares: people trade news and organise there, associations hang notices on them, and both risings began beside one. Water carriers fill barrels for those living far away.