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Freeland's Cave Near Blue Creek, Adams County, Ohio, 1984

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2014-07-24
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1984

Summary

Exploring Freeland's Cave in Meigs Township, Adams County, Ohio. Freeland's Cave is located on the south side of Turkey Creek. When the cave was resurveyed in 1985 by the Wittenberg University Speleological Society, it was the longest known cave in Ohio. The cave is developed along joints in the dolomite of the Silurian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Horton H. Hobbs III of Wittenberg University Chapter of the National Speleological Society. This image received an honorable mention in the 1984 Ohio Geology Slide Contest.

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For more information, please contact Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, Address: 2045 Morse Rd., Columbus, OH 43229. Phone: 614-265-6576, E-mail: geo.survey@dnr.state.oh.us, Web: www.ohiogeology.com.

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NGGDPP
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Collection of Photographic Slides and Historic Photos from Ohio
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Ohio_NGGDPP_metadatafields_final.csv

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  • S07.06.056.tif

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title Parent-57f2863ae4b0bc0bebfff9b8 Freeland's Cave Near Blue Creek, Adams County, Ohio, 1984

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alternateGeometryAdams County (Ohio), Blue Creek 7.5-minute Quadrangle

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