The water supply of Kent : with records of sinkings and borings / by William Whitaker ... with contributions by H. Franklin Parsons ... Hugh Robert Mill ... and J.C. Thresh ... Pub. by order of the lords commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.
- Whitaker, William, 1836-1925.
- Date:
- 1908
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The water supply of Kent : with records of sinkings and borings / by William Whitaker ... with contributions by H. Franklin Parsons ... Hugh Robert Mill ... and J.C. Thresh ... Pub. by order of the lords commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Second Well, 1901. Made and communicated by Messrs. Isler & Co. 195 feet of tubes, of 6 inches diameter, 15 feet down ; 400 feet, of 5 inches diameter, 195 feet down ; 390 feet, of 4 inches diameter, 333 feet down. Water-level 54 feet down. Supply good (in quantity) but the water unusable (see Analyses, pp. 285-287). Thickness. Depth. Well (the rest bored) ... Blue clay [Weald Clay] [? Weald Clay and Tunbridge Wells Sand] [Ashdown Beds 112 feet] [? Wadhurst Clay] Blue clay and rock Rock Clay Red clay Clay Quartz [?] Grey clay Red clay Brown clay Grey clay Grey rock , Grey and dark clay Grey rock Grey clay Grey rock Red and grey clay Grey clay Grey rock Grey clay Grey rock Dark clay Grey rock Grey and dark clay Grey rock Clay Grey rock Grey sand Clay Grey rock Clay Grey rock ' Grey clay Brown clay Grey clay Dark brown clay ) Grey sandy clay I Grey clay | Dark brown clay [ Grey clay ' Sand and clay... Light-blue clay Light-grey rock Hard rock and clay Light-coloured soft sand with bands of rock Light-coloured soft sand , Hard grey rock Ft. 42 5 5 m 4| 60 JL 2 20 16 4 24 10 26 24 10 8 14 30 10 12 8 18 9 15 6 12 9 1* 10 6 22 13 3 o* 20 24 12 141 20 8 53 3 10 7 12 25* n Ft. 95 137 142 147 159* 164 224 224* 244* 260* 264* 288! 298* 324* 348* 358* 366! 380* 410* 420* 432* 440* 458* 467* 482* 488* 500* 509* 511 521 527 549 562 565 571* 591* 615* 627* 642 662 670 723 726 736 743 755 780* 782](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28126737_0085.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
