[2]

April 15th 1843. The well from trap-door is is 325 feet of which 65 feet is now water– The large bucket does not reach bottom for 41 feet. This bucket holds 12 gallon – this takes 12 minutes [drawing?] [time?] of which during [two?]buckets [takes?] by itself – [?] light buckets are expected to  take 9 minutes & of which during 3 ½ minutes to [take?] [itself?]

Sept [2nd] / 47/ Chain old 114ft newer 117 167ft    114

                                                                                          167

                                                                                          [245?]  281

The chain in actual weighs 232 lb Jan 5 1852

12 gallons of water = 48lb           96

Bucket                          40lb            40         

                                      320lb          136

July, 16, 1852 took off 17ft of chain weighing 14 ½ ∴ whole  now weighs 217 ½ lb

30 feet on it 17 feet of chains again

[3]

30 feet on it 17 feet of chains again

 

Jan 1854 [took?] off [nearly?] 20 feet [chain?]

Sep 1856 – Water in well 46 ½ feet deep

Aug 1857 – water [?] 48 ft

[1]

July 12, 1852. Depth from trap-door to bottom 328 [325?] feet. Depth of water ([?] Measured) 42 feet.

Length of chain from top of handle of bucket to handle over wheel  311 [.6?] But II 2 links are 1 [r?].9  [l?]long so chain itself is 309ft . 9 [in?] long & [though?] Jan 5 1852 weighed 232 lb (2.[?] chain cost 9d per foot) but now with 17ft taken off it weigh (July 17 52) 217 ½ lb & is 292 ft .9. long

Wire rope weighs 50lb