24 
ARTESIAN WELLS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. 
[BULL. 138. 
but as they are quite widely scattered and draw mainly from moderate 
depths, the underground waters may be said not to have been exten- 
sively explored. A fairly thorough canvass of the island was made, 
in part by correspondence and to some extent by a personal visit, 
and I have learned of the wells given in the following list: 
List of deep wells on Long Island. 
Location. 
Depth. 
Bore. 
Capacity. 
Height to 
which water 
rises, a 
Remarks. 
Feet. 
100 
386 
120? 
110 
50 
52 
Inches. 
6 
Gals, per min. 
Feet. 
Flowed. 
8? 
6 
Flowed. 
One flowed 
50 gallons. 
Bowery Cay : 
3 wells 
75 each. 
500 
3 wells 
Brooklyn : 
200 
300 
Pump 3333. 
Pump 1350. 
Pump 2000. 
Pump 2220. 
Pump 1130. 
Pump 1080. 
Pump 3620. 
Many. 
Many. 
Many. 
Many. 
Many. 
street. 
Brooklyn City Water Dept. : 
Gang wells : 
Flow. 
Flow. 
Flow. 
Flow. 
Flow. 
Flow. 
Flow. 
— 46 
To surface. 
-1 
-li 
Jameco Park, 5 wells 
Watts Pond 
130-160 
8 
Test wells : 
284 
148 
200 
155 
257 
277 
295 
419 
271 
406 
357 
406 
198 
582 
50 
300 
No. 4 . Spring Creek 
No. 1. South of Jameco 
No. 2. Between Jameco and 
Springfield. 
No water helow clay, 
87-202 feet. 
No water helow clay, 
72-211 feet. 
No water helow clay, 
110-258 feet, 
No water below clay, 
162-170 feet. 
No water below clay, 
248-252 feet. 
No water below clay, 
302-319 feet. 
Blue clay, 95-190 feet. 
182-582 feet in gneiss. 
Springfield. 
No. 8. Near Springfield 
No. 7. Near Springfield 
2 
" 7 
No. 12. Half mile east of 
No. 9. 
No. 10. Northeastof Spring- 
field. 
No. . 6 Hollis Station 
6 
Very many. 
70 
230 
Do 
Clear Creek 
— , feet below surface. 
