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texture, a little more at about 43 ft. from surface. 10. No surface spring in drift, 

 but if holes are made they fill with water. 11. Land springs are coffered out. 12. 

 No faults are seen near the well. 13. No brine. 14. No. 15. No. 16. The new 



red sandstone occupies a large area from the western boundary fault of the South 

 Stafford.shire coalfield to Enville, and forms the gathering ground for this well. It 

 has few large streams on it, as it is so permeable that the rainfall percolates easily. 

 There are no large towns on this area, but villages and gentlemen's country seats, 

 including Enville Hall, Lord Stamford's, and the famous Sheep Walks. The rock is 

 full of water, which overflows along the banks of the river, and the long overflow 

 has formed springs or wells in the sandstone escarpment, one of which is called the 

 ' bottomless pit,' from the persistency of the outflow of the water in great volumes 

 at all seasons uniformly. This company purchased the right to run a heading at 

 50 ft. below the surface from the Wollaston well under this escarpment to another 

 site at Tack Farm, half a mile away, but the bore-hole has yielded all that is needed 

 without any chance of river water getting into the well. The Wollaston site was 

 that originally chosen for the works, but it was considered that the same condition 

 would appertain at Mill Jleadow, the site near the town, although no sign of a spring 

 was then seen. It was found exactly as conjectured, and answered for town supply 

 for 20 years, and being between the town and reservoir a much less outlay was 

 sufficient. 



Stom-bridge "Waterworks (continued) : — 



1. At the Mill Meadow Pumping Station, near Stourbridge, i mile N.E. of centre 

 of town. la. Sunk in 1856 to depth of 50 ft., with a bore-hole 20 ft. from the 

 bottom of the well. In 1871 it was deepened to 50 ft., with bore-hole 80 ft. deeper, 



and drif t-waj"S made ; two other shafts were 

 also sunk for convenience. 2. Surface of 

 the ground or engine-house floor 237 ft. 

 above the sea (Ordnance datum). 3. 50 ft. 



' to bottom of the well. 130 ft. to bottom 



of bore-hole. 3a. 44: ft. Length about 



40 j'ards. 4. Water would rise to the sar- 



into the Eiver Stour, but a drain-pipe is put into the river about 



When pumping 300,000 gallons per day it sinks 20 ft. and 



When pumping 550,000 gallons 30 ft., and recovers in four 



to surface and flowed over, and would do so again. 







Fig. 



A 



¥ 



face and flow over 



10 ft. from the surface, 



fills again in two hours. 



hours. 4a. The water rose 



5. About 600,000 gallons per 24 hours. 6. No ditference in seasons. After 15 years 



it was tested and found to yield exactly the same quantity. 7. Local rain does not 



affect it. It stands 10 ft. above the River Stour. 



Ha ilway Well 



M rijr 



JfewJieS/ Sandstone 

 Z.3. ' 



8. Carbonate of lime . . . 



Sulphate of lime 

 Sulphate of magnesia 

 Chloride of sodium and alkalies 

 Organic matter 



Loss ..... 



Degree of hardness 



Measure 



Grs. per gal. 

 . 15-23 

 . 0-47 

 . 1-67 

 1-76 

 . 2-07 

 •77 

 . 17-2 



21-95 

 This site was chosen as it was conjectured that the rock was as overflo-wing as the 

 more distant site at Wollaston originally chosen. This has been suffused in 20 years, 



