The Detroit Boat Club was founded in 1839.

It is the oldest rowing club in the U.S.A. and

the second oldest continuosly operating rowing

club in the world. During the first 60 years of

its history the club built three wooden boat-

houses which all burnt to the ground. The

image shows the fourth boathouse which has

withstood fire till today.

LTU = Lowell Technological Institute

(merged with Lowell State College to become University of Lowell in 1975 and changed its name to University of Massachusetts-Lowell in 1991)

 The New London Boat Race or Yale-Harvard

 Boat Race is an annual contest between M8+

crews of Harvard University and Yale University.

First rowed in 1852, it is America's oldest

athletic competition.

 The coloured drawing shows an

incident during the 1890 race

when the Yale stroke broke his

oar and dove overboard. Yale

still won the race.