Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the townships of Northowram and Southowram / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector.

  • Ranger, William, 1800-1863.
Date:
1850
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the townships of Northowram and Southowram / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 1. Shaft. Storr Hill. Ft. In. Ft. In. 25 Strong Black Shale. . 32 0 1 Soil • , 2 0 26 Is called, “ Hard Bed Rag,” 2 Shale .... 25 0 it is dark with light-co- 3 Coal .... 0 10 loured stripes in it. . 39 0 4 Rock .... 2 0 27 Black Shale ; towards the 5 Rag .... 22 0 bottom large bools of Iron- 6 • • • • 1 3 stone lie off the Shale 27 0 7 Hock • • • • 11 0 28 Called, “ The Upper Bed 8 If 3.^ • « • • 15 0 Coal”.... 2 0 29 Called, “ The Hard Bed 79 1 Seat-stone,” it is very hard 1 8 30 Seat Earth, light-coloured 3 0 No. 2. Shaft. Storr Hill. 31 Light-coloured Shale 12 0 1 Soil .... 1 0 32 Black Shivery Shale 22 0 •2 Clay .... 5 0 33 Called, “The Middle-band 3 Shale .... 28 0 Coal ”... 0 6 4 Rock .... 2 0 34 Seat Earth, light-coloured 2 0 5 Rag .... 33 0 35 Called, “ The Middle 6 Coal .... 1 0 Band Stone” 5 0 7 18 6 36 Black Shale . 7 0 8 Shale .... 9 0 37 Brown nobly Shale, called 9 1 3 “ The Hard Bands ” . 2 3 10 Shale .... 4 0 38 Black Shale . . . 1 0 11 0 10 39 Brown nobly Shale, called “ The Hard Bands ” . 3 9 105? 7 40 Black Shale . . . 1 3 41 Brown Shale, called “ The No, 3. Shaft. Storr Hill. 42 Hard Bands” Strong Black Shale 5 9 3 0 1 Soil • • • • 2 0 43 Coal, called “ The Lower 2 Rag . . . 3 0 Bed Coal ” . . . 1 4 3 SIiaIc • • ■ • 16 0 44 Light-coloured Freestone. The depth of which is not 21 0 known. 321 5 Strata in the Tunnel Hills. No. 3. Shaft. Beacon Hill. Note.—'I'he strata run parallel to each 1 Soil • • • • 1 0 other, and “ dip ” at an angle 2 Gravel or Shaley Earth . 7 0 of li vertical to 36 horizontal. 3 4 Shaley Rag . Shelly Stone ... 2 U 4 8 No. 5. Shaft. Storr HU 1. 5 Soft Shale 7 7 1 Soil • • • • 0 9 6 Strong Blue Rag . . 2 2 2 Gravel .... 3 3 7 Raggy White Shale . 23 6 3 Shelly Brown Stone . 2 0 8 Strong Gritty Stone 9 0 4 Brown Soft Rag 3 0 9 Shale or Rag . . . 19 6 5 Grey Shale . 35 0 10 Black Sliale . 30 9 11 Eight-and-forty Coal 0 2 44 U 12 Seat Earth, light coloured 2 0 13 Coal (Rubbish) 2 0 No. 7. Shaft. Storr Hill. 14 Dark coloured Seat Earth 3 0 1 Soil . • • • 1 0 15 Light-coloured Rag Stone 6 0 2 ^Clay . . • • 6 0 16 Dark-coloured Raggy Shale 8 0 3 Grey Shale . . • 21 3 17 Strong Black Shale 3 0 4 Coal . . • • 7 9 18 Dirt band, with Iron-stone 0 3 5 Black Shale ... 1 0 19 Black Sliale, with Iron-stone 6 Raggy Slone . . • 5 0 Strings 6 0 7 Grey Stone . • • 2 6 20 Six-and-thirty Band Coal 0 6 d Soft Grey Shaley Stone . 7 6 21 Seat Earth, light-coloured 3 0 9 Grey Shale . . * 6 0 22 Hard Stone, ditto . 2 0 10 Coal , . . • 1 5 23 Light-coloured Shale 2 0 24 Brown-coloured Stone, 52 5 very hard . . . -3 0 W. Alexander.