Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . region,and while its surface is diversified byhills and valleys it is in only a few placesover feet in altitude.^ The highestelevation is Bear Mountain, Salisbury,2,354 feet. The State is drained by threelarge rivers and their tributaries; theConnecticut, rising in New Hampshire,bisects the State in a N, and S. direction,and is navigable for 50 miles; theThames, formed by the Shetucket, Yantic,and Quinnebang, is navigable as far asNorwich; and the Housatonic, with its
Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . region,and while its surface is diversified byhills and valleys it is in only a few placesover feet in altitude.^ The highestelevation is Bear Mountain, Salisbury,2,354 feet. The State is drained by threelarge rivers and their tributaries; theConnecticut, rising in New Hampshire,bisects the State in a N, and S. direction,and is navigable for 50 miles; theThames, formed by the Shetucket, Yantic,and Quinnebang, is navigable as far asNorwich; and the Housatonic, with itsmain branch, the Naugatuck, navigableto Derby, The coast line is about 100miles in length and affords many ex-cellent harbors, of which New Haven andNew London are the largest. Geology.—The valley of the Con-necticut river exhibits triassic sandstoneand post-tertiary formation, but _ thegreater part of the State is of eozoic orprimary formation, which is separatedinto E. and W. sections by secondaryrocks. Extensive trap dykes traverse theE. and W. sections, and boulders of greatsize on the hill tops, together with. n CONNECTICUT 111 CONNECTICUT scratches on the mountain sides, are in-dications of a glacial passage dowTi theConnecticut valley. Soil.—Along the coast as far N. asMiddletown the soil is very sandy; butthe remainder of the Connecticut valleyhas a rich deep loamy soil. In the is a light gray loam and in the a dark argiUaceous soil. The climateis temperate, and there are no swamps ormarshes. The trees include severalvarieties of oak, pine, cedar, tamarack,chestnut, beech, wild cherry, ash, bass-wood, hickory, walnut, willow, poplir,dogwood, sycamore and holly. Minci-ulogy.—Of various mineral pro-ductions iron ore is the most and lead exist, but have neverbeen mined with much profit. Silveroccurs in minute quantities. There areimmense quarries of red sandstone atPortland and Cromwell, and marble andlimestone is quarried at Canaan andWashi
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