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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![KENT WATER SUPPLY. Ihis section gives details between 95 and 267 feet that were not given by the earlier section, and it continues the section to a further depth of o9* feet. 3. Railway Waterworks. By the edge of the marsh. At the eastern side of the Canterbury line a third of a mile north-eastward of Henwood. ^ A well of about 40 feet, presumably through the Sandgate Beds to the Kentish Rag. 4. Sewage Works, on the marsh, two-thirds of a mile north-r ast of the Church. A well of 18 feet, with a boring of 18 feet, presumably through Alluvium into gravel. Possibly Kentish Rag may have been reached. Water, from the boring, to within 3 feet of the surface. 5. South Eastern Kailway Works, 1903? Made and communicated by Messrs. Isler & Co. Lined with 480 feet of tubes, of inches diameter, up to the surface. Water-level 60 feet down. Supply 600 gallons an hour. Dug well (the rest bored) Blue clay Light-blue clay and layers of lime- stone... [Weald Clay] i Light-coloured clay ... Light-coloured clay aud limestone Light-coloured and dark clay Mottled clay ... Blue clay and layers of rock Blue clay Light-coloured clay and rock Blue clay Blue clay and fullers’ earth Light-coloured and dark clay Light-coloured clay Light-coloured clay and fullers’ earth... [? Tunbridge Wells Sand] [? Wadhurst] LighLcoloured clay ... Mottled clay LighLcoloured clay Clay and rock... Iron-pyrites and limestone Light-coloured clay Sandstone-clay and rock ^ 01 ay ... ... ... ... ... ' Dark sandstone Lignite (?) and sandstone Light-grey sandstone Grey rock i Light-coloured tough clay Tough clay with layers of rock Light - coloured sandstone and fullers’ earth (the water-bearing , bed) ... ... ... ... ... Tough clay ! Thickness. Depth. Ft. Ft. — 8 115 123 28 151 10 161 4 165 15 180 5 185 12 197 12 209 14 223 14 237 14 251 5 256 10 266 20 286 9 295 15 310 8 318 7 325 5 330 26 356 5 361 10* 371* 11 382* 14 396* 31* 428 17 445 7 452 12 464 48 512 21 533 Owing to the fine nature of the sand in which the water was found it took months of pumping before the water became clear. This result was got by means of an air-lift pump, as an ordinary deep well pump proved a failure.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28126737_0086.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
