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Freshets and ice gorges in the Hudson river {concluded) 



Year 



(1) 



1882 

 1883 

 1884 



1885 



1885 

 1886 

 1886 

 1887 



1888 



1889 

 1890 

 1891 



1892 



1893 



1894 

 1895 

 1896 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 



1901 

 1902 



Month 



(2) 



March 1-8 



March 28 



Feb. 8, 14, 15, 18, 

 22, 24 and 26. . . . 



April 1-4. 



Eleva- 

 tion 



above 

 M. L. W 

 1876 



(3) 



15.45 



January 1 



March 14-26 



Jan. 4-8, Feb. 13. 

 April 11-May 5. 



Dec. 18, Apr. 1-? 



February 21 



Jan. 15 



March 14. . . 



19.00 



March 7 I 16.12 



April 10 ! 1(5.54 



March 1 i 1 7 . 78 



March 13 

 March 6 . 



1900 |Feb. 14 



December 12 

 March 3 



Remarks 



(4) 



Ice gorge formed at Douw's point. 

 No dam formed so far as known. 



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." 



Ice dam at Pleasure island, Troy inundated. 



Ice dam between Castleton and Coeymans. 



Docks and R. R. tracks submerged. People s 

 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 dam formed so far as known. 



No dam formed so far as known. 



Ice dam formed south of Albany and re- 

 mained until March 14. 



Water in cellars on Broadway. No bad 

 dam formed so far as known. 



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

 Some of the ice nearly 3 feet thick. 



Ice dam from Cedar Hill to N. Coeymans. 



Melting snow and rain. 



Much damage done to railroad by water 

 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. 



No bad dam so far as known. 



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 

 U. S. Government dike to Cow Island 

 light. 



Gorge below Stone House bar. 

 Gorge below Stone House bar. 



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 6nce formed. In order to prevent 

 their formation it would be necessary to have a channel through 

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

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

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



