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I.—The Freshwater Deposits of the Valley of the Lea near Walthamstow, Essex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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Owing to the great increase of the population of the Eastern parts of London, the East London Water Works Company have been engaged for several years past, in constructing most extensive Reservoirs for the storing and filtering of Water.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1869

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page 387 note 1 Of the relative depth at which these various works of human industry were actually obtained, only a rough estimate can be formed, as they have, in almost every case, been obtained by Mr. Joseph Wood (the well-known collector of Bradford Clay Fossils) from the Navvies employed in the excavation. The writer was so fortunate as to obtain on the East side of the Eastern Reservoir a Flint Scraper, which he extracted with his own hands in undisturbed matrix from the bed of dark loamy clay, three feet below the surface.

page 387 note 2 Having the antlers and ends of the tynes in many instances cut previous to their having been imbedded.

page 387 note 3 See description of remains by Professor Owen, p. 389.