444. J. D. Dana—Discharge of the Flooded Connecticut 
The heights are also given in the preceding table, in which 
the first column contains the distances from the east or Light- 
house Cape of New Haven Bay ; the second, the heights of the 
upper terrace; the third, those of low-river levels, above mean 
tide; and the ‘fourth, the height of the upper terrace above the 
low-river levels. 
e above profile shows also, by means of a dotted line (d, ”) 
the : a by the course of the =o valley. On this 
stream tide-level is reached at North Haven 
s the 
heights of the terrace-deposits and river from Southington, 
southeastward and southward, by this latter route. 
Il. Section from Pet cthare, ~jg along the Quinnipiac to Fair 
n (E. n).* 
. of New Haven 
Lvtituinee from|Upper terrace} Low bee terrace 
‘Sound (north-| above mean - el above above low 
ings) in miles, tide. tide. river level. 
SOUTHINGTON __---. | 95°25 225 138 87 
16 m. 8. of Southington, 
at Atwater’s factory _- 23°60 207 129 78 
2°05 f Southington, 
at sy factory... 23°20 120 
$m. Hough’s mills|) 20°75 200 102 98 
oct ne below dam) 20°25 200 96-95 104-105 
Head of Hanover Pond. 19°75 105 86 19 
Foot of Hanover dam 19°75 105 69 36 
Ab. he oo Sanford’s 
Taotory 62s oe | 18°33 96 52°5 43°5 
Yalesvilio —— s fact.) 17°67 93 49 44 
Wallington. oo 0.5 ou. 15 16 13 63 
Quinnipiac factory ----- 13°25 68 5 63 
Ab. mean tide 
North Haven... 2.2.2. 10°25 60 0 60 
rey N. of Montowese 
GMO Sis 115 52 0 52 
Junction Hartford and 
Air Tine RB. R. .... 5 49 0 47 
Fair Haven R. R. and 
Perkins St. crossing -- 4°5 43 0 43 
E. Cape of Bay... 0 
* The heights of the terraces here given were obtained by leveli ing from the 
surfaces of the mill-ponds as a base, the heights of the mill-ponds having been 
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ghts of low water are heights to the base of the dams. The heights = 
these dams are as ollows, commencing to the south: the Quinnipiac, on the soul 
yed), 6; H 
rson, by leveling from Meriden, to have a height above 
ridge the S height of the track of the railroad at Meriden station being ing 124° 63 ae 
