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Proffeshional OP t1_j9860lk wrote

Reply to comment by wpnw in Tallest single plunge east of the Mississippi River, Taughannock Falls, Ithaca NY [OC] [3232x4040] by Proffeshional

I don’t know what to think anymore. This has been a roller coaster!

Inspiration isn’t a single plunge, so that would make taughannock the tallest single plunge right?

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wpnw t1_j987mgz wrote

I suppose it depends on how semantic and nitpicky you want to get. Inspiration is a single plunge in that it's predominantly free-falling, but it does touch the cliff face in places too (picture), similar to what Fall Creek does, but because it's such a small stream it rarely kicks far enough out from the cliff to really fall cleanly.

If the qualifier is 100% free-falling, no-contact-with-the-cliff-at-all then yeah Taughannock does take the title.

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fuzzy11287 t1_j99a4sy wrote

According to Georgia the tallest "cascading" falls east of the Mississippi is Amicalola Falls in Dawsonville, GA (North of Atlanta) which clocks in at 729 feet. Definitely not even close to a single plunge but a fun bit of trivia nonetheless.

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wpnw t1_j99amm3 wrote

And funny enough, that claim is also outrageously inaccurate as well! Turns out there's a whole lot of those "tallest of" or "biggest in" sort of regional chest-puffing claims floating around because they're great for tourism, but they're often a lot less accurate than most realize.

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fuzzy11287 t1_j99apve wrote

I posted this just to see how long it took to be refuted. Happy to see it was like all of 5 minutes.

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