The geology on the east or railroad side is entirely
different.
"Albany. The clay beds at Albany are more than 100 feet thick, and
between that city and Schenectady they are underlaid by a bed of
sand that is in some places more than 50 feet thick. There is an
old glacial clay and boulder drift below the gravel at Albany, but
Professor Hall says it is not the estuary stratified clay."
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There has that little stream of water been playing among the hills
since He made the world, and none know how often the hand of God
is seen in a wilderness but them that rove it for a man's life.
_James Fenimore Cooper._
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THE HUDSON TIDE.
(_Condensed from article by permission of writer._)
The tide in the Hudson River is the continuation of the tide-wave,
which comes up from the ocean through New York Bay, and is carried
by its own momentum one hundred and sixty miles, growing, of course,
constantly smaller, until it is finally stopped by the dam at Troy.
The crest of this wave, or top high water, is ten hours going from New
York to Troy.
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