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at the water's edge. The shore of tliis point is exjiosed to west 

 winds and to the washing of the waves. As a result a small 

 beach began to form around the southwest corner. The drift 

 bank was undercut by the waves, the clay was carried away and 

 the gravel deposited at the foot of the bank. In the winter of 

 1910 and 'it a cement wall was built around the point to pro- 

 tect it from being washed away. This cement wall extends to 

 the bridge which spans the entrance to Crane's pond, thus pro- 

 tecting Crane Island, a low, wooded tongue of land, from wave 

 erosion. Crane Island is no longer surrounded by water. It is 

 only partially separated from the Point by a narrow, swampy 

 cove. Crane pond now deepened and used as a bathing pool 

 and encircled to the north and south by boat houses, is merely 

 an arm of the lake and was until recently, a swamp in which 

 Typha lati folia and Xymphaea were the dominant plants. To 

 the north of the pond is a low, wet wood. A small stream 

 formerly made its sluggish way from the wood thru the meadow 

 into the lake. The w'ood and meadow are being drained and 

 rapidly occupied by cottages. All of the shore along the "Park" 

 is occupied by public and private docks which precludes the 

 presence of vegetation. The Park itself, formerly a low, wet 

 wood, has been drained, many of the trees sacrificed, and the 

 area now contains many buildings. It is the lake terminal of 

 the Columbus, Xewark and Zanesville electric road. 



At several points along the eastern and northern shores, 

 small beaches not more than a few feet wide and from 3 to 30 

 feet long, are in the process of forming. These beaches front ex- 

 posed points of somewhat elevated areas, with a steep gradient 

 to the water. Due to the action of waves, wind and rain, they 

 are becoming denuded clay banks. Where the land is pastured 

 the trampling of the cattle going to water greatly accelerates the 

 aggrading. In every case the soil falls into the water, the clay 

 is carried out and the sand and gravel are deposited at the foot 

 of the bank. The absence of a marginal zone of aquatics is 

 characteristic of these beaches. 



