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    A Whitehall rowboat is a style of lapstrake-built rowboat developed in the United States in the 19th century. The basic design is much older and of European...
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  • States Whitehall Rowboat, a type of rowboat named for its original place of manufacture, the end of Whitehall Street in New York City Whitehall Street...
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    the belief of W.P. Stephens that the gig was the precursor to the Whitehall rowboat – being built (in New York) by former apprentices in the Navy Yard...
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  • are a stem that is slightly raked, less than a Dory and more than a Whitehall Rowboat. The stern was in a heart or wine glass shape with a rake toward the...
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    Chairman, President and CEO Thomas B. Crowley, Jr., purchased an 18-foot Whitehall Rowboat to provide transportation of personnel and supplies to ships anchored...
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    Rowing (redirect from Rowboats)
    Rowing technique". www.venetia.it. Retrieved July 30, 2019. "Rowboats, what makes a good rowboat". www.christinedemerchant.com. Retrieved July 30, 2019. https://www...
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  • The boats that Davis constructed were Whitehall gigs, a longer version of the traditional Whitehall Rowboat that dates back to a 250-year-old design...
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    Brooklyn Bridge Park during the summer months. In 2016 a 14-foot-long Whitehall rowboat was built in bi-weekly and weekend boatbuilding sessions. The organization...
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    rowed 136 times in 2023, or about once every 3 days. The whitehalls and other wooden rowboats are built from oak, mahogany, cedar (seats, breasthook, burden...
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    correspondent in Singapore; captured after travelling 700 km, predominantly by rowboat, from Singapore; Rivett spent three years working on the Burma railway...
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    rooms, a bathroom, and a sitting room with a fireplace, along with yachts, rowboats, and canoes. 50 feet (15 m) north of the boathouse was the 135 by 35 feet...
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    instituted in 1794, when John Hillyer was given a franchise to operate a rowboat line to the island, collecting a fare of three cents per person. The Army...
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    war with his fellow officers, proposing to escape the British fleet via rowboats under the cover of night. As the British burned Arnold's flagship, the...
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    Lake Wales Denman Fink 1942 Lake Worth Settlers Fighting Alligator from Rowboat Joseph D. Meyers 1947 Madison Long Staple Cotton George Snow Hill 1937...
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    Boathouse builds and stores traditional wooden rowboats there. During the summer months these boats, called Whitehall gigs, are launched at least twice weekly...
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    organized way from 1799. The earliest ferries are believed to have been rowboats or canoes; "a double-ended sailing scow was in service by 1800. This vessel...
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