Title

Our Home on the Steps from "Our Romantic Niagara" by A.H. Tiplin

Description

en-CA This sketch shows the results of Dr. J.W.W. Spencer's borings made in 1906 to ascertain the existence of a buried gorge at the dead end of the Whirlpool. In 1969 geologists George D. Hobson and Jaan Terasme drilled to bedrock to better define the buried channel and to bring up Pleistocene and fossil material for examination. Their results showed: clay 3.6 metres (6 feet); silt, sandy 8.5 metres (28 feet); clay 10 metres (33 feet); silt, sandy 14 metres (47 feet); sandy, gravelly till, 15.8 metres (52 Feet); silt, clayey 17.7 metres (58 feet); sand 21 metres (70 feet); clay 23.8 metres (78 feet); till with sand, gravel and cobbles 28.62 metres (94 feet); gravel and bulders 32.3 metres (106 feet); sand, some silt and clay 42 metres (138 feet); silty sand 44 metres (145 feet); clay with organic matter 45.4 metres (149 feet); sand with twigs and wood 46.6 metres (153 feet); sand, fine and medium 54 metres (178 feet); sand, fine to medium 55.7 metres (183 feet); gravel, cobbles, boulders with layers of glacial till, 84 metres (276 feet); bedrock, 86.8 metres (285 feet)

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=385809

Creator

Astrid Akkerman from a sketch by A.H. Tiplin

Type

Still Image

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections

Extent

8.5" by 11"

Medium

Black & white sketch

Provenance

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Collection

Date

1988

Subject

Geology - Niagara Falls

Niagara Gorge

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario

Source

Niagara Falls (Ont.) Public Library

number

D504847

D504847A

D504847B

Format

Scan from book

Scan from book

Scan from book

Date Created

2013-03-15

Date Modified

2013-03-18