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No. 11.—Park Road, near Meeting-house Lane, Peckham,
At about 10ft. a soft dry sand was dug, which continued
to about 16ft., when a little water appeared.
The excavation was continued through similar strata,
with no appreciable addition of water, which however
boiled up in places, and great care was necessary
in securing the timber and kirb from buckling;
continued to 23ft. Gin. with like results. Further excavation
would probably have produced danger to
the adjacent sewer and roadway. The strata, being
pierced to the depth of 20ft. 6in., proved of a similar
nature. This well was then filled in, and the work
abandoned.
Surface Value.
Ordnance datum+15.60.