136 REPORT — 1875. 



Mr. E. C. Sinclair, C.E., Messrs. Howes, Dye Works. 

 1. City of Coventry. 2. 220 ft., mean tide Liverpool. 3. Well 17 ft. ; bore 120 ft., 

 7 in. diameter. 4. Always flowing over top of well, pump cannot lower it. 5. 

 Half a million gallons in 24 Lours. 6. Made 1866 ; never varied since. 7. Not 

 affected by rains ; level of water always 4 ft. above level of river, which runs close 

 by. 8. No analysis j quite clear and bright ; no incrustation left on boilers ; water 

 considered " soft." ft. 



9. Diift 11 



Red sandstone 1 



Conglomerate (Bunter ?) 6 



Permian sandstone, very variable in 

 colour and hardness 119 



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last 2 ft. 6 in. a light grey sandstone so hard that the " drilling " cost 2 guineas per 

 inch. 10. Yes. 11. Yes. 12. None near this well. 13. None. 14. None nearer 

 than Hinckley and Leamington. 15. None. 



Mr. R. C. Sinclair, Coventry Canal Company. 

 1. Hawkesbury Pumping-station, 4 miles N.E. of Coventry. 2. 252 feet, mean tide 

 Liverpool. 3. 120 feet deep, 10 feet diameter. 4. Before pumping 110 ft. ; after 10 

 days and nights constant imm2nng 95 ft. ; fills iip in 3 hours to 110 ft. 5. In 24 hours 

 1-t million gallons for weeks together. 6, Is perceptibly lower after long drought. 

 7. No ; when engine is not pumping the water stands nearly to the top of well. 8. No 

 analysis ; water very pure, and leaves but little incrustation in boiler. 



ft. 



9. Drift 30 



Lower Keuper sandstone 90 



120 



In sinking through the sandstone but little water was met with until the bottom 

 bed, "a very hard white sandstone," was blasted; the water then burst in ; the men 

 had to escape, leaving all the sinking-tools at bottom, and the water rose at once 

 to the above height. 10. A few. 11. Yes. 12. Yes, both east and west. 13. No. 

 14. No. 15. None. 



Hinckley Local Board. 



1. The " Holy Well," Hinckley, Leicestershire. 2. About 330 ft., mean tide 

 Liverpool. 



3. 



diam. 6„ diam. 11 in., 90 ft.] 



540 ft. 



4. Estimated at 420 ft. 5. No estimate. 6. Not observed; well not used. 7. Not 

 observed. 8. 100 thousand gallons* contain 98 lbs. of sulphate and carbonate of 

 lime (proportion of carbonate not stated) and 22 lbs. chlorine gas. 



ft. 



9. Drift (pebbly clav, sand, and gravel) 150 



Red marl ' 20 



Lower Keuper sandstone (viz. thin beds of 

 clay and gypsum alternating with thick 

 beds of red, grey, and white sandstone) . . 370 



540 

 10, Numerous (wells in use all from drift springs). 11. Imperfectly. 12. None 



* Eivers Pollution Commission. 



