Sunday, September 14, 2008

A Test to Discover Deep Wells.

New York, 1895

The Brooklyn city water-works, at the suggestion of the United States geological survey, has perfected plans for sinking deep wells in the southern part of this county in order to test the question as to the existence of deeper underground currents than those upon which the city now depends for its supply of water.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, July 5, 1895, p. 1.

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