mean low water

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The National Weather Service in Charleston reports that a tide of 8.8 feet above mean low water early Saturday tied the third-highest on record.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2016

By the same tables, from capes at entrance of Chesapeake Bay to Hampton, at mean low water, 30 feet; spring tides, high water, 32.8.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

The wooden structure was removed to a level 1 ft. below mean low water and on it a concrete footing approximately 2 ft. thick was constructed for the prism proper.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers

It rises one hundred and ten feet above its immediate base, or about one hundred and twenty-three feet above mean low water.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various

The average level of the marsh land is three feet above mean low water and a foot and a half below mean high water.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various