By the Waters of Babylon question, great spike of rusted metal?

Question

In the short story By the Waters of Babylon, John pulls himself out of the Ou-di-sun river (which I assume is the Hudson, correct me if I'm wrong please) using a "great spike of rusted metal sticking out of the river." Does anyone know what the spike is?

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