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. 5. Bexley Heath. Mr. Shelwin's, near the Lion. Dr. J. Mitchell’s MSS., vol. iv., p. 2G2. Thickness. Depth Ft. Ft. Gravel [Blackheath Beds] 35 35 [Woolwich Beds] 1 Blowing sand (Blue sand ... 10 16 45 61 Stiff sandy loam [Thanet] 54 115 Chalk ••• ••• 25 140 6. Bexley Heath. Long Lane. no .} Proc. Geol.Soc., vol. iii., no. 65, p. 151 (1839). To Chalk 124 In ,, 90 214 feet 7. Lamorbey House (Mr. D. Scott's), 1874. Made and communicated by Messrs. Le Grand and Sutcliff. Bored throughout. Water-level 17 feet down. Thickness. Depth Ft. Ft. Top ground and gravel [Blackheath Beds]... 25 25 [Woolwich Beds,/ Shells 13 38 26 feet] ( Brown clay, with veins of blue 13 51 [Thanet Sand ( 'Live sand, with a quantity of (? part Woolwich 3 water 43 94 Beds), 65 feet] 1 „Dead sand 22 116 Chalk ••• ••• ••• ••• 30 146 8. Near the Railway-cutting, W. of the village, to supply a temporary Brickfield. Sunk and communicated by Messrs. Docwra. Shaft- 65 feet, the rest bored. Water-level 60 feet down. Thickness. Depth. Ft. Ft. Mould ••• ••• ••• *•* ••• 1 1 Brick-earth [wash of London Clay] 5 6 [Oldhaven] Sand with red veins 12 18 [Woolwich Beds] - Shells and blue clay Blue clay [? sands also] ... 15 33 33 66 [Blue clay [?] and red sand 60 126 [Thanet Sand, Pebbles [? flints] i 126* 63} feet] Green sand 2 128* Flints 3 4 1294 Chalk ... . ... ... ... 45$ 175](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28126737_0094.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
