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THIS boring, which was commenced by the Metropolitan Board of Works for the purpose of supplying the engines and dwelling-houses at Crossness with pure water, has, as may be seen from the accompanying diagram, reached a depth of 961 feet without piercing the Lower Greensand, where it was expected a good supply would be found.
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The Crossness Well-Boring . Nature 1, 333 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001333a0
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