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Domestic News
November 6, 1797
Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A well dug in Boston over 1,000 feet from high water mark yielded excellent quality water after boring 70 feet deep to strike a spring, secured with a wooden tube. Questions if boring could improve bad wells.
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A well has been recently dug in Boston, more than one thousand feet distant from high water mark towards the channel, and water obtained of the most excellent quality.
This well was dug about 25 feet in the common mode—from the bottom the earth was bored with an auger about three inches in diameter to the depth of 70 feet, when a spring was struck ; the aperture was secured by inserting a wooden tube. Quere, whether good water might not be procured by boring from the bottom of any well in which the water is at present, bad?
This well was dug about 25 feet in the common mode—from the bottom the earth was bored with an auger about three inches in diameter to the depth of 70 feet, when a spring was struck ; the aperture was secured by inserting a wooden tube. Quere, whether good water might not be procured by boring from the bottom of any well in which the water is at present, bad?
What sub-type of article is it?
Infrastructure
What keywords are associated?
Boston Well
Water Quality
Boring Method
Where did it happen?
Boston
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Boston
Event Date
Recently
Outcome
excellent quality water obtained
Event Details
Well dug 25 feet commonly, then bored 70 feet with 3-inch auger to strike spring, secured with wooden tube