141 



ft. in. 



Toad Back Marl 2 



Loam 4 



DrySand 24 



Gravel 6 6 



Brown Eock (Iron Sand) 3 6 



Loam 2 6 



QuickSand... 20 9 



Gravel 1 3 



130 6 

 For these two sections I am indebted to the kindness of 

 Mr. John Chadwick, Mining Engineer, of Haydock Green. 



After passing the Newton Bridge Station, which is only 

 about 54 feet above the level of the sea, a thin bed of 

 reddish Till is seen covering the Trias until we reach Park- 

 side. A considerable cutting is then found, rising to a 

 height of 111 feet above the sea level, composed of sand, 

 which extends to near Kenyon Junction, where the Till 

 again comes in. This is the only appearance of drift sand 

 seen on the line between Liverpool and Manchester. The 

 course of the railway is then on embankments over the 

 thick bed of Till extending all the way to Bury Lane, a 

 little to the East of which Chat Moss begins. Near Astley 

 Station, at a height of about 60 feet, Mr. Brockbank, F.G.S., 

 in Mr. H. M. Ormerod's cutting, found the following beds, 

 namely — 



ft. in. 



Peat Moss 17 



Sandy Clay, or Loam 1 6 



Till, resting on Trias 26 



44 6 



Near to Barton Moss Station the late Mr. William Lancaster, 



in a bore, found as under, viz. . — 



ft. 

 Peat 9 



Till 45 



Sand and Gravel 24 



Ked Rock (Trias) • 



78 



