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Frank Carney 
The first of these spits ties to the main shore in the vicinity 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 cor- | 
relating with this was found on the opposite side of the bay. j 
Extending southward from Lorain street, is another spit from 
2 to 5 feet in altitude, and for about one-half mile continues a few || 
rods west of Bosworth road, after which this road follows the ridge ii 
to Bellaire road, in North Linndale. The western tributary of | 
Big creek runs parallel with this spit for about 80 rods. | 
Some scattered ridges of gravel exist south of Big creek on the i|i 
opposite shore of this embayment. j 
After the Maumee lake level had finally established a continu- I 
ous shore line across the valley of Big creek, the beach-forming I; 
agencies must have worked uninterruptedly for a long period. ;! 
Lrom the intersection of the Big Lour track with the Berea road j 
north-east of Rockport, eastward to the present channel of Big j' 
creek in the vicinity of the West Shore railroad, the shore is a 1 
beach-ridge and cliff averaging about 23 feet in height and having j 
a sharp front slope. In the north-west part of Rockport village j 
are depressions representing a lagoon developed in the growth |1 
of this beach, but eastward to the West Shore railroad, the ridge, j 
simple in construction, consists of ordinary shore gravels. At the ; 
West Shore railroad, however, it divides; one of these divisions 
terminates on the edge of the creek bluff, but probably reappears 
again in a slight gravel ridge overlying moraine, south of the creek; 
the other arm, later in development, trends south-east, terminat- ; 
ing in the bluff near West Park cemetery. j: 
Lor the next one-half mile, I was unable to find any gravels, 
but the shore line appears to be indicated by a cliff cut in the mo- 
raine; nearing Brooklyn, however, beach gravels again appear. 1 
Street grading and other structural work have so modified topo- t 
graphy here that one can not decide whether the ridge through a j 
part of Brooklyn is of barrier origin, or of regular beach construe- |i 
tion. South of Brooklyn, as the Schaaf road diverges to the east, m 
the Maumee level is plainly marked; the highest part of the beach 
here bears much sand, suggesting subaqueous origin. 
East from this point the higher Maumee level is not definitely 
marked. North of Independence, the slope has been steepened . 
possibly by wave-work, and possibly by stream-work when the j’ 
