$2 THE FLOOD OK 1 843. 



of C. Sherman ami that of S. Bancroft, and of the mills of 

 Edward Lewis and Amor Bishop, it will require ages to oblit- 

 erate the traces which have been left by the flood. 



Many trees, some of them of a large size, were uprooted, 

 or had their trunks dissevered upon this stream, and were 

 carried down. 



But the most indelible marks of the flood will be found in 

 the valley of Chester creek. In fact the changes produced 

 upon this stream are so similar in character, that it would be 

 useless to enter into a general enumeration of them. What 

 occurred at a few places will serve to illustrate the power and 

 force of the flood in this stream, throughout nearly its whole 

 length. Kven as high up as the residence of the Hon. Henry 

 Myers, in Concord, "every streamlet and ravine passed tor- 

 rents of water, carrying with it earth, gravel, stones, and 

 rocks, and depositino them on the fields and meadows, so 

 that even here the marks of this flood will remain for many 

 years to come. 



Along Green's creek, a more southerly branch, large trees 

 were uprooted and carried down, and the surface in many 

 places excavated in such a manner as to make it very appar- 

 ent, that the district of country drained by this small stream 

 was subjected to rather an undue share of the heavy rain. 

 Below where this stream enters the main West branch, the 

 changes continue in an increased degree. On this stream 

 al)ove its junction with the Kast branch, the power of the 

 current was remarkable, and scarcely within the belief of 

 persons who have not witnessed the like. Mr. Crozer's West 

 branch dam was built of stone of a large size. Nearly all of 

 them were such as would require a )'oke of good oxen to haul 

 with timber wheels on level ground. These were carried down 

 the stream from one to four hundred yards, and along the bed 

 and margin of the natural channel, rocks of many tons 

 weight were removed from beds in which they had probably 

 laid for ages — upturned, and in some instances, carried down 

 a number of yards. 



