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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Freshets 
  and 
  ice 
  gorges 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  (couclucled) 
  

  

  Year 
  

  

  Month 
  

  

  Eleva- 
  

   tion 
  

   above 
  

   M. 
  L. 
  W. 
  

  

  1876 
  

  

  Remarks 
  

  

  (1) 
  

  

  (2) 
  

  

  (3) 
  

  

  (4) 
  

  

  1882 
  

  

  March 
  1-8 
  

  

  

  Ice 
  gorge 
  formed 
  at 
  Douw's 
  point. 
  

   No 
  dam 
  formed 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known. 
  

  

  1883 
  

  

  March 
  28 
  

  

  1884 
  

   1885 
  

  

  Feb. 
  8, 
  14, 
  15, 
  18, 
  

   22, 
  24 
  and 
  26. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  April 
  1-4 
  

  

  15.45 
  

  

  Ice 
  dam 
  at 
  Van 
  Wie's 
  point 
  ; 
  dam 
  at 
  Four- 
  

   Mile 
  point. 
  

  

  Ice 
  gorge 
  at 
  Van 
  Wie's 
  point 
  and 
  Quay 
  

   street 
  submerged. 
  

  

  Ice 
  lodged 
  on 
  the 
  "Overslaugh." 
  

  

  1885 
  

  

  January 
  1 
  

  

  

  1886 
  

   1886 
  

  

  March 
  14-26 
  

  

  Jan. 
  4-8, 
  Feb. 
  13. 
  . 
  

  

  17.89 
  

  

  Ice 
  dam 
  at 
  Pleasure 
  island, 
  Troy 
  inundated. 
  

   Ice 
  dam 
  between 
  Castleton 
  and 
  Coeymans. 
  

  

  1887 
  

  

  April 
  11-May 
  5. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  

  Docks 
  and 
  R. 
  R. 
  tracks 
  submerged. 
  People's 
  

  

  1888 
  

   1889 
  

  

  Dec. 
  18, 
  Apr. 
  1-7 
  

  

  

  Line 
  boats 
  could 
  not 
  land 
  at 
  their 
  docks 
  

  

  until 
  after 
  May 
  5. 
  Ice 
  gorge 
  at 
  Nutten- 
  

  

  hook. 
  

   Docks 
  submerged. 
  State 
  and 
  Dean 
  streets 
  

  

  covered. 
  

   No 
  darn 
  formed 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known. 
  

  

  1890 
  

  

  

  

  No 
  dam 
  formed 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known. 
  

  

  1891 
  

  

  February 
  27 
  

  

  

  Ice 
  dam 
  formed 
  south 
  of 
  Albanv 
  and 
  re- 
  

  

  1892 
  

  

  Jan. 
  15 
  

  

  

  mained 
  until 
  March 
  14. 
  

   Water 
  in 
  cellars 
  on 
  Broadway. 
  No 
  bad 
  

  

  1893 
  

  

  March 
  14 
  

  

  19.00 
  

  

  16.12 
  

  

  16.54 
  

  

  17.78 
  

  

  dam 
  formed 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known. 
  

   Ice 
  piled 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  from 
  20 
  to 
  30 
  feet. 
  

  

  1894 
  

  

  March 
  7 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  ice 
  nearly 
  3 
  feet 
  thick. 
  

   Ice 
  dam 
  from 
  Cedar 
  Hill 
  to 
  N. 
  Coeymans. 
  

  

  1895 
  

   1896 
  

  

  April 
  10 
  , 
  

  

  March 
  1 
  

  

  Melting 
  snow 
  and 
  rain. 
  

  

  Much 
  damage 
  done 
  to 
  railroad 
  by 
  water 
  

  

  1897 
  

  

  

  and 
  ice 
  which 
  flooded 
  the 
  tracks 
  as 
  far 
  

   as 
  Stockport. 
  Ice 
  finally 
  stopped 
  at 
  Four- 
  

   Mile 
  point 
  and 
  remained 
  until 
  some 
  time 
  

   in 
  April. 
  

   Ice 
  moved 
  out 
  easily. 
  

  

  1898 
  

  

  March 
  13 
  

  

  13.80 
  

   12.45 
  

  

  19.96 
  

  

  13.56 
  

   18.26 
  

  

  No 
  bad 
  dam 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known. 
  

  

  1899 
  

  

  March 
  6 
  

  

  Gorge 
  at 
  Van 
  Wie's 
  point 
  opposite 
  Castle- 
  

   ton 
  and 
  below 
  North 
  Coeymans. 
  

  

  Gorge 
  below 
  Kinderhook 
  Upper 
  light, 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  Coeymans 
  — 
  north 
  end 
  of 
  Castleton 
  

   IT. 
  S. 
  Government 
  dike 
  to 
  Cow 
  Island 
  

   light. 
  

  

  Gorge 
  below 
  Stone 
  House 
  bar. 
  

  

  Gorge 
  below 
  Stone 
  House 
  bar. 
  

  

  1900 
  

  

  Feb. 
  14 
  

  

  1901 
  

   1902 
  

  

  December 
  12 
  

  

  March 
  3 
  

  

  

  

  

  It 
  seems 
  doubtful 
  whether 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  irregularity 
  of 
  flow 
  

   in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  there 
  is 
  either 
  any 
  practicable 
  means 
  of 
  preventing 
  

   the 
  formation 
  of 
  ice 
  dams 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  or 
  of 
  removing 
  

   them 
  by 
  artificial 
  means 
  when 
  once 
  formed. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  prevent 
  

   their 
  formation 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  channel 
  through 
  

   the 
  ice 
  broken 
  before 
  the 
  flood 
  arrived. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  (1) 
  floods 
  

   are 
  to 
  be 
  apprehended 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  four 
  months 
  from 
  

   December 
  to 
  April; 
  (2) 
  that 
  tidal 
  action 
  at 
  low 
  stages 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  