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Schuylkill Navy logo. The Schuylkill Navy is an association of amateur rowing clubs of Philadelphia. Founded in 1858, it is the oldest amateur athletic governing body in the United States. [1] The member clubs are all on the Schuylkill River where it flows through Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, mostly on the historic Boathouse Row.
The Stotesbury Cup Regatta, sponsored by the Schuylkill Navy, is the world's oldest [1] and largest high school rowing competition. [2] It is held annually in mid-May over a two-day period on the Schuylkill River near Boathouse Row in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Schuylkill River (/ ˈ s k uː l k ɪ l / SKOOL-kil, [1] locally / ˈ s k uː k ə l / SKOO-kəl) [2] is a river in eastern Pennsylvania.It flows for 135 miles (217 km) [3] from Pottsville southeast to Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-largest city, where it joins the Delaware River as one of its largest tributaries.
The Market Street Bridge, opened in 1805, [4] was the first permanent bridge across the Schuylkill River. West Philadelphia has many bridges spanning across the Schuylkill River, including three expressways. University City is connected to Center City by five surface roads.
Stops are located at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, the Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center in Pottstown, and the BARTA Transportation Center in Reading. [23] In May 2022, Berks, Chester, and Montgomery counties formed the Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority for the purpose of furthering the project. [24]
The building also housed the Schuylkill Navy, the United States rowing Society (formerly Schuylkill Navy Association), the Philadelphia Scholastic Rowing Association, the Middle States Regatta Association, and the Dad Vail Rowing Association. [8] In 2009, the club was reactivated and reinstated as a member of the Schuylkill Navy. [9]
Crescent Boat Club is an American amateur rowing club located at #5 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1867 [2] when Pickwick Barge Club [3] and Iona Barge Club merged. [4] [5] Crescent Boat Club joined the Schuylkill Navy in 1868.
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