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From: Tom Hand
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:56

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"Horseman of Sleepy Hollow <http://www.rev.net/people/aloe/longisland>"
<aloe@rev.net> wrote in message
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> "Tom Hand" <troybuoy@altavista.com> wrote in message
> news:<hrnc8.1819$17.1171314@newsfeed1.thebiz.net>...
> > "Icabod Crane <http://www.rev.net/people/aloe/longisland>"
<aloe@rev.net>
> > wrote in message
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>
> > > The lowest land in the state of New Yorkshire is at sea level.
> > > Therefore, sea level is as far downstate as you can get. Tide reaches
> > > West Point.
>
> > Correction: Tide reaches Troy.  Maybe salt reaches West Point.
>
> Where's my head? Of course, you are right. The water is brackish up to
> West Point.
>
> What is the altitude of the river bank in Troy?
>
> -- Horseman of Sleepy Hollow
> <http://www.rev.net/people/aloe/longisland>

The Troy/Cohoes dam, which is usually cited as the limit to the tide in the
Hudson River, is 185 feet above sea level.

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