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son that on its eastern side tlie river has undercut much of its 

 width. After the first half mile, the beach lies entirely to the 

 east of a highway, at which place it has been worked for a long- 

 time as a gravel pit; this is on the farm of W. F. Schuhz. Pro- 

 ceeding, the highway again strikes the ridge which at no point 

 for the next mile rises more than 5 feet above the general level ; 

 it discontinues within the next one-half mile, terminating directly 

 southeast of Goldwood; but on the opposite side of the river 

 about one-half mile south of Puritas Springs, we find this beach 

 again, and can follow it without a break to within one-eighth of 

 a mile of Kamms, where it becomes a cliff, cut in the Cleveland 

 shale. A few rods east of Kamms, the cliff phase changes to a 

 low gravel ridge which continues through and east of \A'est Park. 



In the vicinity of West Park the water deepened so grad- 

 ually to the north, that no beach ridge was constructed ; low spits, 

 however, were developed, apparently of the barrier-type in 

 origin, whicli were later somewhat modified as the on-shore 

 waves succeeded in forming a true beach. One such spit turns 

 sharply northward of the intersection of Lorain and Davisville 

 streets. This relationship of ridges accounts for the slight la- 

 goon just southeast of the corner at West Park. Other lagoon 

 areas were developed within a mile north of this area, the prin- 

 cipal one of which lies between the Berea and Warren roads; 

 apparently, this latter lagoon represents a slight bay which was 

 later enclosed by a barrier. 



The West Park area presents some complexities in shore 

 structure largely because of its proximity to the Big Creek 

 embayment. This embayment was in time completely shut off 

 through the successive growth of bars. 



The first of these spits ties to the main shore in the virinity 

 of Linndale, extending north-westward about one-quarter of a 

 mile; this has a pronounced development, being from 5 to 15 

 feet in altitude; it consists of well worn gravel and sand. No 

 spit correlating- with this was found on the opposite side of the 

 bay. 



Extending southward from Lorain street, is another spit 

 from 2 to 5 feet in altitude, and for about one-half mile continues 



