. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. and the long ridge to the volcano Wcrk: map by William Orr. south, between West Springfield and Westfield, and the lower,parallel ridge. Little Tom, with the ridge between Tathamand Paucatuck, as well as Provin Mountain on which is ourequalizing reservoir. The trap rock also forms Titans Pier andTitans Piazza. The volcanic rock can be seen exposed toview in the trap rock quarries; also in the railroad cut between 10 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD Tatham
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. and the long ridge to the volcano Wcrk: map by William Orr. south, between West Springfield and Westfield, and the lower,parallel ridge. Little Tom, with the ridge between Tathamand Paucatuck, as well as Provin Mountain on which is ourequalizing reservoir. The trap rock also forms Titans Pier andTitans Piazza. The volcanic rock can be seen exposed toview in the trap rock quarries; also in the railroad cut between 10 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD Tatham and Paucatuck in West Springfield. Out of it is madethe macadam for the streets. The remains of the crater ofthis long extinct volcano can still be seen, not far from Titanspier at the foot of Mount Holyoke. It was after this that, in an era not .^^^. so very far fromour own, perhaps,another one ofNatures greatforces, not directlyfire or water, butconnected withboth in its origin,* <H set itself in opera-^tion to make*? changes in the sur-face of the earthin this neighbor-hood, and indeed,over a large partof North was the Great Glacier, a sheet of ice that, starting in theArctic regions, probably Labrador, extended, in some places,half a mile thick all down the continent to a line drawn a gooddeal south of Springfield. A mile measures the distance fromCourt Square up State street to Pleasant street or from CourtSquare down Main street to Mill River. The glacier was, asall glaciers are, really a great ice river; for it flowed slowlysouthward, bending itself to go over the mountains in its courseand bearing the fragments along with it. These fragments,when the glacier finally melted, were dropped in places faraway from their starting point and are now called some places they are thickly strewn, but are n
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