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supply of remarkably clear and _ bril- 
liant water, particularly soft, and 
which is consequently adapted to every 
domestic purpose. ‘The depths of the 
wells have varied from about 110 to 140 
feet; and when the water was arrived 
at im sinking some of them, it rose 
with such great rapidity, as to overtake 
the well-digger before his escape coul 
be well effected. 
» Yet, although some of the inhabi- 
tants of Tottenham obtained good 
supplies of excellent water from deep- 
sunk wells, there were a great propor- 
tion who were obliged to buy water of 
the carriers, who procured it from a 
well on Tottenham-green, which was 
dug, and a pump erected, at the ex- 
pense of the Lord of the Manor in 
1791. However, in the summer of 
1821, a gentleman adopted the neW 
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method of boring through the clay to 
the main-spring, at his farm in Broad- 
lane, Page Green, Tottenham; where 
he obtained a copious and constant 
supply of water, from a depth of 120 
feet, which rises eight feet above the 
surface, and, flowing over, forms an 
elegant little cascade, and it has nei- 
ther increased nor diminished since. 
Having succeeded on his own pre- 
mises, he thought a similar experiment 
might be tried with equal success on 
the public waste ground; and, this 
suggestion being made to the vestry, 
it was acceded to on behalf of the pa- 
rish, and the work commenced. It 
was completed under the direction of 
the aboye gentleman, by Mr. John 
Goode. The ground was bored to the 
depth of 105 feet, when a fine spring 
of water issued forth, which rises six 
feet above the surface of the ground, 
through a tube within a cast-iron pe- 
destal, and, flowing over the lip or 
edge of a vase, forms a bell-shaped con- 
tinual sheet of water, inclosing the vase 
as in a glass case. Itis collected and 
again conducted downward through 
the pedestal to the place of its dis- 
charge, out of the mouth of a dolphin, 
about eighteen inches from the ground, 
--for the convenience of placing a pail 
or pitcher under the stream. The quan- 
tity of water thrown up and discharged 
is at the rate of fourteen gallons a 
minute. (See the Engraving. ) 
The peculiar advantages of boring 
the ground for water, instead of dig- 
ging, particularly at great depths, ren- 
ders the former method of great im- 
portance to the public; since water is 
obtained by boring at a small expense, 
as is exemplified by the following ta- 
ble of Mr. Goode’s, which shows the 
Tottenham prices of boring, at every ten 
feet of depth, and shews the cost of 
well-sinking to be from 3 to 7 times 
greater, according to circumstances :— 
Depth Price of Price of 
in Feet. Boring. Well-sinking. 
10 eo oatre On Se Analogs f1 5 
QO sseces OF 10. O wcece eS ay 
Babess s et OVO x <%y.09 5 5 
AO ves sa'e 113 4 cecoee 8 0 
50 pines (DAO) iOt'e eames  7ERU'S 
60 -++e6- 310 0 eeee 15. 0 
JO secses 41D 4 ooeees 19 5. 
B80 «eons 6 O O- s+ 24 0 
90 eseeee 710 O weeee 2opee 
100 Sees et "9° 1S" Bere eves 35.0 
110 ++++-- 17~0"0 o 44 5 
100". ees 13 O O «evens 48 0 
130 --++-- 15 3 4 ees Li emeed 
140 ence 17 10 O «eee» 63 O 
F 150 
