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"Tom Hand" <troybuoy@altavista.com> wrote in message
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> "Horseman of Sleepy Hollow <http://www.rev.net/people/aloe/longisland>"
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> > > "Icabod Crane <http://www.rev.net/people/aloe/longisland>"
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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.
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> > > Correction: Tide reaches Troy.  Maybe salt reaches West Point.
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> > 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
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> 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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A 185 foot tide?  I don't think so.

Actually, the Hudson River below the Troy Dam averages at 1.3 feet above sea
level.  That's one point three.  The Troy Dam raises the water level 14
feet.  Information is from the New York State Canal Corporation.