141 
ft. in. 
Toad Back Marl 2 0 
Loam 4 0 
Dry Sand 24 0 
Gravel 6 6 
Brown Rock (Iron Sand) 3 6 
Loam 2 6 
Quick Sand 20 9 
Gravel 1 3 
130 6 
For these two sections I am indebted to the kindness of 
Mr. John Chadwick, Mining Engineer, of Haydock Green. 
After passing the Newton Bridge Station, which is only 
about 54 feet above the level of the sea, a thin bed of 
reddish Till is seen covering the Trias until we reach Park- 
side. A considerable cutting is then found, rising to a 
height of 111 feet above the sea level, composed of sand, 
which extends to near Kenyon Junction, where the Till 
again comes in. This is the only appearance of drift sand 
seen on the line between Liverpool and Manchester. The 
course of the railway is then on embankments over the 
thick bed of Till extending all the way to Bury Lane, a 
little to the East of which Chat Moss begins. Near Astley 
Station, at a height of about 60 feet, Mr. Brockbank, F.G.S., 
in Mr. H. M. Ormerod’s cutting, found the following beds, 
namely — 
ft. in, 
Peat Moss 17 0 
Sandy Clay, or Loam 1 6 
Till, resting on Trias 26 0 
44 6 
Near to Barton Moss Station the late Mr. William Lancaster, 
in a bore, found as under, viz. . — 
ft. 
Peat 9 
Till 45 
Sand and Gravel 24 
Red Rock (Trias) 0 
78 
