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Boiling Spring--source for Children's Lake and name of the town Boiling Springs
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_Springs,_Pennsylvania
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Coordinates:   40°9'1"N   77°7'43"W

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  • kjfrazi2
    REMARKS: Boiling Springs, which has a median flow of 11,500 gallons per minute, ranks seventh in size of springs in the Commonwealth. It is one of the most picturesque springs in the Great Valley. The origin of these springs is unique: the folded Cambrian limestones and dolomites of the Elbrook Formation have been injected by the near-vertical, thin diabase dike. This diabase is almost impervious and acts as a hydrologic barrier. At Boiling Springs the dike splits into two segments, so that the village is located in the interior apex of a "V" formed by the dikes. The direction of groundwater flow is to the north and east from the higher elevations on South Mountain. Groundwater becomes progressively confined between the two dikes until it "boils" forth from two main springs near the apex.
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