208 DRIFT DEPOSITS OF MANCHESTER 



ARDWICK. 



The surface of the south-eastern portion of this 

 township, for the most part, consists of gravel 

 No. 1. The tract, bounded by the river Med- 

 lock on the north, Chorlton-upon-Medlock on the 

 west, and a line from near the bridge in Fairfield- 

 street, round past the cemetery to the Polygon, 

 on the south, comprising the most populous part 

 of this township, is dry gravel, often resting 

 on upper new red sandstone, having two or three 

 feet of silty loam at the top. The south eastern part 

 of the township, towards Openshaw, Lnngsight, 

 and Victoria Park, consists of strong brick-clay 

 (No. 3) of variable thickness. On the whole, the 

 greater part of the houses in this suburb, being 

 built on No. 1, must be considered as located upon 

 a dry soil, which will much assist in the drainage of 

 the water. In a section at Dibb-place, Victoria 

 Park,* the following beds were met with : — 



Till 



Sand and gravel. 



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* This place is not in the township of Ardwick, but the 

 section will give a good idea of the deposits of the higher part 

 of that township. 



