ON THE CIRCULATION OF UNDERGROUND WATERS. 363 
Section of Boring for Messrs. Battersby § Co., Hemshaw Lane, Stockport. 
Progressive Thickness of 
Strata Depths Strata 
Ft. in. Ft. in. 
Sand 5 , ; - - : af - 0 ar, 0 
Clay : - : : ; - ; . 77 #0 40 O 
Gravel . ; : ; ; : é F 7 30 TOV 0 
0 
Rock i P A ; ‘ H ; : 106 O 19 
From information by Messrs. Battersby & Co. 
Section of Boring for Mr. Frederic Robinson, Unicorn Brewery, Stockport. 
(Ordnance datum, 140+.) 
ea ressive Thickness of 
Strata ogress Strata 
Bt; in. Ft. in. 
Permian marl (fossils) . ; - 5 : 51 O 51 O 
Fine gravel (conglomerate) : ; : . 52 «6 fF '6 
Red sand - . - : : é 56 «60 3 6 
Red marl - ; 3 : : : : i 10 21 10 
Sandy marl . : : : : 84 O a 0 
Red sandstone ane S. G. : - é 5 : 152 0 68770 
Red marl : c ‘ : “ : 153 «(0 0 
Red sandstone ; ‘ : : é 159 0 6.70 
Red marl ; 5 “ < : : 2 200 O 41 0 
Sandy marl . 5 - A , : fs 214 +O 14 0 
Red sandstone ‘ ; : P 5 ; 260 O 46 O 
Water level, 26 feet from top. 
Section of Boring at Messrs. J. Cheetham § Sons’, Club House Brewery, 
Stockport. 
Progressive Thickness of 
Strata Depths Strata 
Bt. “an. Bt.) “in. 
Well(mo data) . : : ‘ : : — 65 0 
Red marl - ; A F : 4 3 210 O 145 O 
Conglomerate = : 5 : 3 . 211 6 1S 6 
Sandy marl . : ‘ : : : : 216 O 4 6 
Red sandstone 5 ‘ 2 j - : 241 O 25 O 
0 Bt. 0 
Red marl , . F 2 : 3 : 246 
Water level 42 feet from top. 
Stratigraphical Section of Boring for Messrs. Micholls, Lucas § Co., 
Kingston Mil, Stockport. 
Puariauive Thickness of 
Strata Depths Strata 
BE. . ein, Ft. n 
Gravel and stones . é 3 FE : : 11 0 Far G 
Soft red sandstone. . ‘ . : ¢ 88 0 Ti? 0 
Red marl A 2 F ‘ . : 118 O aur 0 
Soft red sandstone . , ‘ . ‘ . 162 0 $22.0 
