New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-19
nrEp SPOTS OF THE HUDSON.
r,,v PLACES IN THE RIVER WHERE
TUE soUNDING-LINE FALLS FAR

IT,, was called recently 10 the ueeP Ho'0
,uds,n River of Fort Washington RUM
d u .,gccs,ion from the CHIEF OF Engineers
Amy that the enormous mass Oh s'ohe
W -,.a,ed from Dyckmans Cut Hi'en'
exc" 80 How to get rid of the stone with
ounP o,,se is a problem, and, though
Z 80, wilson has concluded 'ha' ""o''''
Ue"'' ,,r;,g the stone upon land purchaser
me'"YN ,,rroso-would be more economcal
- io' &C II into the Hudson, the iac' lh"'
, NC 4. q deep spot in the channel aNal'do'e -
ground for the 34O,ooO tons oi p'oA''
~ &c somewhat interesting.
~ dou,h Of the river in the channe' d' '"'1lI
a,,o, from the Battery up to haN''S''""
Wv ,ovonl Sing Sing. varies. genera"y SPenN
p"'' ,u.or about three and han anu
10 ,s In TWO or three places-su'" "'
- c.oro Canal-st. up 10 Fourteo'''" '''
SCI - ,,., ,,r,ncr end Of Central PARK no''
Ho'" ,t,,,t a nile-the average dep'h Is
,' -, ranging from eight To eieNe"
- Int above Fort WashihS'"" W
. - = scarcely spot. as far as SING "'iis'
80 more than seven fathomS arr uSu'''
d., 80 Directly of the Point however '"e "0'0
-, g., affords a striking exception II mas
''',. ,n ~ ,oore than twenty four fsihons '1i
md this very near the shore Inc uecP
FaQf
: o,or .v,ends for some distance. for apou' d"
D. . ,.u. hollow the sounding line gives
w.. I'D o. half fathoms. Thence II shoa'S
,.s,o,v southwark until. mile bei"" 'ne
-, q, has come down to nine and nan
" 1870 North Of the point the regular I'VE VI
-, dantb resius almost Immediately.
,o.,,os, stretch e the Hudson IS III us
-, ,,,ro,ob tho Highlands. where the mag
.'eooD, hlprs ris. sheer from the water anu
o~.ord 80 nernend.e ularly Gar below IT'S surface
:. .his mart Of the river the Gepth Is ser
5 ao,, less than twelve fathoms. ana loI "'0.'
70 -. nav &c considerably more than tha''
,,,,,os, directly after leaving Haversua" Day
-, ,...s.,ts the widest eXpanse OF
g.. entire course and is comparatively shaI'o"'
3D. anording only four or hVe lannon's 80
. 40, tho seen water begins OF the long 10"
noint known as KIDS Humoug' Wh'H H,o"'s
ort from the eastern base of the irowmng DUN
derberg. the depth has already red'"'u
,,,hons This is on the west bank. and from
-. ,bere northward and diagonally across TO An
.honv.s Nose on the eastern shore. thirteen
iatbop,s is the least wafer From Anthony
Nosa 70 the remains Of Fort Montgomery. nearly
Jopposite though a trhe further up on the west
hank the depth reaches sixteen fathoms. IL
wa
AZ chains boom and chevaux -de-frise were
placed early in III. with the none Oh one'A'''S
the British advance up the river Ihey were III
effective however for the ships OIL 9r ii'H''
Clinton succeeded in removing them III OO'o"'
Of that year and i'm capturing the loI'S' ii
Fort Montgomery up to West Point uiS,aN0o
Of 1--WE miles there are twelve ana ha'i "a
th,rtes, f,tbor,s Of water all the way. Then III
the sharp bend just above West foih' ""eie
the Hudson runs almost directly east LOT doou'
halfa mile there is n spot which can ooasI oI o'-
ing the deepest hole in the entire -oo iil'ies Va Wv
rivers length Between Constitution l9'""u
which is near the east bank, and the horth s'ue
Of Yves, Point. the bend is locally known as '"e
Worlds End and a line dropped in the chah"e'
there Will go down thirty six fathoms DeIoie
II touches bottom The river is very mar
row at TINS place. being barely quarter Oh
mile wide II was here between West POINT ana
Constitution Island. that the famous Bred'
chain remains of which are still preserved III
Albany and at other places, was suetcheu "c'oSS
tba rive, an a LOG boom early in 1919 to prevent
the ascent Of British vessels. But us suehblH
was not put to the test, for the BRUSH never
again got Sc far up the river. after their oApeui
ton Of two years before. From the "orIu :
End on upward to the southern base OF tne
: mountain known as the Crows Nest a NIUE
more than a mile the water is still very deep
measurng twenty four fathoms-the same as
that in the hole off Fort Washington folnU
Near Newburg. about five miles ABOVE 'ne
Crows Nest. there are thirteen fathoms
The last really deep spot OF the river Is Una
at Blue Point about thirteen miles above New
burg where the stream is not more 'hai
tree-eighths Of a mile wide, and the DAMN
goes down so abruptly that there is deptn OF
seventeen fathoms within a hundred yards oil