JEFFERSON COUNTY. 717 
low-water mark. The elevations of the different stations of the railroad 
above Lake Erie and the ocean are as follows: 
Above Above 
Lake Erie. the ocean. 
[Tainan cavilloyeeee ee fee RA ure: Goth 3 115 (+575=) 690 
VYeollowi@ reekascerer eee ese Oe eee iain 121 696 
WIG COINS Gasclod 006000 6060000 695060 DUOH55 boo KEES S64564 111 686 
Sloan’s ...-.. MNeheraarcteid amie) Sisiateoiniaene hei ehelainvole slats Meters 125 700 
Steulbenivalllone nse cis were ate wicca bn ce cies Wie cieisin/ere: viete mee 90 665 
BOrtlamUmeree ete AN Me SUN enn it ay one. le ETT ILOO 665 
_ The altitudes of the stations on the P. C. & St. L. railroad above Lake 
Krie are as follows: | 
FEET. 
Steubenville, Washington street .....---...----- ceceec eens en cee wee eee 155 
‘Mingo Station ...-... Boe eee 3 0G0000 00090)! 000000 0500464 060060 600000 645050 04 
COWS (SUPUIO Doo6400 66086 6 000606 656009 5009 5905 5eS500 dad9S9 nb5H00 660050 106 
tonne NOs hacetesieienes an nine ogee wen nnn eae cena een e mann niew enn ne ene 260 
Dems mithfield ee. f 580100 a Sasa MENS er cuiere ay Sea iee 200 
TTA OLEN OMe cia re Sees sarees yatsle acy sloialen\alsisisinate cisiajais uals ciate aicia afeaieystarcveie s 370 
TROIS 33 DUN Coco Sedo60 FobGdas SEUSS SHDUSE comodU RAbecomebodedconas tees 233 
KelloyssiStablonyee arts cecls a oreciee siete clceelninsiceracisislcrecainalsiaee atelatercte 268 
Tunnel No. 3 22-222 122220 cece ee een ee cece ee ene cee e ee cece ee ceeeee eee 490 
Bloomfield Station..........-. BS NESTS SUA SE tee TES AUN ea a ES 328 
OIG DOH 555668 '055606 656560 4005 66000 BdUGHS db5565 6000 HbonBC bu bodaEGdase dio 
(COMM, UR csoous an066 b66560 660550.555000 060500 bd0506 HUN bOU FOO bES ddbSEd 418 
_ According to Blickensderfer’s profile of the P. C. & St. L. Railroad, the 
highest land in Jefferson county is the summit of the hill one mile east 
ef Bloomfield, eight hundred and sixty-one feet above Lake Erie. 
The minor streams of the county are all tributaries of the Ohio, flow- 
ing from the west, and having their sources on the highlands near the 
county line. In their eastward flow the valleys are gradually deepened 
until, when they join the Ohio, they are brought down to its level. 
These streams are Yellow Creek, Island Creek, Wells Creek, Cross Creek, 
Salt Run, Rush Run, and Short Creek. The interlocking branches of 
these streams form a network of minor valleys which render all the sur- 
face rolling, and in some instances, where the declivities are abrupt, it 
may be called broken. There is, however, in the county little land that 
can not be profitably used for agricultural purposes. 
_ A marked feature in the topography of the county is the erosion of the 
Ohio valley below the present stream. In many parts of this report the 
old buried channels which traverse the State and country are referred to, 
and the fact that the Ohio flows in a trough excavated from one hundred 
to one hundred and fifty feet below the bottem of the present river is 
mentioned in the report on Columbiana county and elsewhere. 
