WELL SECTIONS. 



501 



Bembridge. At the Bembridge Hotel. 



R. F. Grantham. Trans. Surveyors' Inst., vol. xx., pt. v., p. 144, plate. 

 (1888.) 



231 feet above Ordnance Datum. 



Shaft 70 feet, the rest bored. 



Water-lev^l 24^ feet down. Yield 2,200 gallons in 12 hours. 



Thickness. Depth, 



The Bembridge Limestone was probably reached at about 35 feet, but no 

 record has been kept of the beds passed through in the shaft. 



Carisbrook. 



Newport Waterworks. Height above Ordnance Datum 

 about 58 feet. 



From information obtained by Mr. Whitaker on the spot. 



Shaft 25 feet, bore of 20 inches diameter, 30 feet. Water pumped 

 down 10 feet, but soon rises (to the surface) on cessation of pumping. 

 Supply abundant. Chalk. 



Freshwater, Golden Hill Fort. For H.M. Government. 

 (Communicated by Messrs. Docwra.) 



'Light red clay 



,, coloured clay 

 Dark red clay 

 Yellow clay 

 Red clay and shells 

 Light stone 



Feet. 



>• All thin beds 



