Exposure of Upper Connoquenessing sandstone

Pennsylvania Geological Survey - Historical Photographs

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Subject

Stratigraphy

Description

Exposure of Upper Connoquenessing sandstone in bed of run, Neshannock quadrangle. In background, a 7-foot falls, the site once of a mill that made wooden dishes. Just above flat in rear is Lower Mercer limestone, once quarried. This is probably the location of I.C. White's Stranahan Section, Volume QQQ, page 137. Two miles west of Mercer along Greenfield Road. Small tributary runs on west side of Lackawannock Creek Valley

Creator

Graeber, Charles Karsner, 1896-

Date

1934-08-07

Location Covered

Mercer

Type

Image

Original Format

Photographs

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Source

4757

Relation

243

Rights

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Contact

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Contributing Institution

Pennsylvania Geological Survey

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.