with Raised Beaches of Lake Erie. 



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II The Leipsic or Second Beach and its Correlative Moraine. 



(a) The Leipsic or Second Beach. — From the meridian of 

 Findlay eastward to its eastern terminus at North Linndale 

 there is no beach higher than the Leipsic, but from that merid- 

 ian west this beach stands second in the series. Careful search 

 between Findlay and North Linndale not only failed to reveal 

 a beach outside of this one, but convinced me that no effective 

 wave action was there exerted, there being present in large 

 numbers the small knolls of till and other irregularities of con- 

 tour produced by the glacier which would have been rendered 

 obscure and perhaps effaced had there been wave action on it 

 for any prolonged period. Moreover, no deposits of sand, 

 gravel," or silt were observed that could be referred to lake 

 action. 



Tracing the beach from its eastern terminus westward it 

 leads us through the following cities and towns in the order 

 named : North Linndale, Rockport, Fields Corners, La Forte, 

 Carlisle Center, South Amherst, Axtell, Berlin Heights, east 

 part of Norwalk, Pontiac, Bellevue, Lowell, Tiffin, Bascom, 

 Fostoria, Van Buren, McComb, Leipsic, and West Leipsic. 

 From McComb to West Leipsic the lake washed the north 

 slope of the Blanchard moraine. About three miles northwest 

 of West Leipsic the beach crosses the moraine and swings 

 south following nearly the southwest or outer border of the 

 moraine to the Blanchard river at Crawfis college, just below 

 Gilboa. From Blanchard river it is reported to pass south of 

 west leaving Ottawa about three miles to the north, but I have 

 not traced it beyond that stream. This beach is probably the 

 correlative of Mr. Gilbert's second beach that passes through 

 Hicksville and Bryan, Ohio. 



_ Table of Altitudes along the leipsic Beach. 



Stations. 

 North Linndale, C. 0. C. & St. L. R. 

 Eockport, L. S. & M. S. R. R. 

 2 miles B. of Shawville. 

 Carlisle Center. 

 Huron County Infirmary. 

 Pontiac, B. & 0. R. R. 

 2-4 miles E. of Bellevue. 

 2 miles W. of Bellevue. 

 Tiffin. 



Bascom, B. & 0. R. R. 

 Fostoria, L. E. & W. R. R. 

 Van Buren, T. & S. R. R. 

 McComb, N. T. C. & St. L. R. R. 

 West Leipsic, " '• " 

 Crawfis College, P. Pt. W. & W. R. 

 Hicksville, B. & 0. R. R. 

 Bryan, L. S. & M. S. R. R. 



Altitude 

 Ab. L. Erie. 



Remarks. 



R. 196 feet. 



Notes from Chief Engineer. 



200 " 



From profile. 



200 " 

 204 " 



L. S. & M. S. profile. 

 Geol. of Ohio, Vol. 11. 



203-5 " 



190 " 



Notes from County Surveyor 

 Top of beach, 1 95 feet. 



208-12 " 



208 " 



L. S. & M. S. profile. 



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210 " 



Bar. from B. & O. R. R. 



209 



Top of beach 2 1 5 feet. 



209 



Geol. of Ohio, Vol. VI. 



209 " 



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195 " 



Notes from Chief Engineer. 



192-5 " 



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R. 197 " 



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188 " 



Diet, of Altitudes. 



191 " 



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