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Appendix I: Glaciation in Great New York

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EVIDENCES OF GLACIATION                223
about elevation 100, which is the level of mean high tide in the East and Hudson rivers at this point. The peat will con­sequently be submerged about ten feet at all times in the fu­ture, as it was when uncovered.
" The Map of Collect Pond is from Viel's Topographical Map of 1874. Profile and section are from observations taken during excavation and from soundings taken in trench to locate bottom of peat.
" The northerly shore of the pond, as indicated by our exca­vations of peat in White, Walker, and Centre Streets, is indi­cated by dotted line on plan, marked probable shore line, and shows the pond extending two blocks further north than Viel's location."
The following note on the peat deposits in Brooklyn was contributed by Dr. Wallace Goold Levison, and forms a valu­able record of these interesting formations:
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