Schuylkill River - 1872 Biglin Brothers



the biglin brothers turning stake-boat, eakins


in 1872 john , barney challenge english rowing pair race. no english team stepped forward team pittsburgh, pennsylvania of henry coulter , lewis cavitt accepted challenge. 5 mile, schuylkill river course started @ columbia bridge , went girard ave. bridge , back. 1 of thomas eakins many paintings of brothers, “the biglin brothers turning stake-boat”, of midpoint of race. brothers victorious 1 minute, , proclaimed world champions. race covered numerous newspapers , magazines including new york times , brought brothers great notoriety.








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