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aloe@rev.net (Poe M'Noke <http://www.rev.net/people/aloe/longisland>) wrote in message news:<3c7ddc10$0$27085$4c41069e@reader1.ash.ops.us.uu.net>...
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> > "Tom Hand" <troybuoy@altavista.com> wrote in message
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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.
> > >
> > A 185 foot tide?  I don't think so.
> 
> Quite right. I lived at an altitude of 160 feet on Long Island. Not
> once in ten years did I have to climb up on the roof to avoid the
> incoming tide.
> 
> > Actually, the Hudson River below the Troy Dam averages at 1.3 feet above sea
> > level.  That's one point three.
> 
> So is Troy downstate?

No...just down river.  Or upriver if you're in Albany or below.

> 
> > The Troy Dam raises the water level 14
> > feet.  Information is from the New York State Canal Corporation.
> 
> How far did the tide reach before the dam blocked it?
> 
> -- Poe M'Noke <http://www.rev.net/people/aloe/longisland>

Probably, the dam was built where there was a natural fall.  So it was
probably the limit to tidal influence before the dam was built as
well.