1876.] 



123 



[Lesley. 



A list of levels of some of the above named points made by J. D. Steele, in 

 1851, was obtained in the office of the Penna. Canal Co., at Harrisburg, and is 

 given for comparison, as follows : 



STATIONS. 



Mellvale 



Timonium 



Ashland 



Monckton 



Parkton 



Summit 



Glenrock 



Glatfelter's 



York 



Conewago Creek 



Bridgeport 



Dauphin 



Halifax 



Lykens V. R. R. Junction 



Millersburg 



Georgetown , 



Sunbury CCXV 



Mean Tide. 



108 

 395 

 2G9 

 344 

 480 

 860 

 556 

 473 

 373 

 285 

 343 

 333 

 360 

 380 

 383 

 417 

 439 



Ocean Tide. 



CCI. Tide Water and Susquehanna Canal. 



Levels on the T. "W". & S. Canal, were copied from a profile in the office of the 

 Schuylkill Navigation Company, at Reading, Pa., by permission of Mr. James 

 F.Smith, Chief Engineer. 



Datum, low tide at Havre de Grace. Information on the spot leads to the 

 belief that the tide rises here 2J4 feet. 



Tide Water Canal. 



STATIONS. 



Level of Chesapeake Bay 



Lock No. 9, surface of water 



Lock No. 8, 



Lock No. 7, 



Lock No. 6, 



Lock No. 5, 



Lock No 4, 



Lock No. 3, 



Lock No. 2, 



Above 

 Low Tide. 





 10 

 16 

 26.5 

 37 

 47 

 57 

 67 

 77 



Ocean Level. 



e Junction with Schuylkill and Susquehanna R. R. 



/ Junction with Lykens Valley Coal R. R. (Summit Branch R. R.) 



g With Mahanoy and f?hamokin Branch P. & Reading R. R. 



n Junction 1. With Shamokin Division R. R. (CCXIV). 2. With Danville 

 Hazleton and Wilkesbarre R. R. (CXVII). 3. With Philadelphia & Erie R. R. 

 (CCXV). Note. The cars of the Northern Central run on the P. & E. R. R. to 

 Williamsport, and then on the leased line from Williamsport to Canandaigua, 

 once called the Williamsport and Elmira R. R., and now known as the north- 

 ern extension of he Northern Central R. R. 



