Canoe Racing on the Allegheny River

ca. 1880-1900

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Canoe Racing on the Allegheny River
  • Title
  • Canoe Racing on the Allegheny River
  • Date
  • ca. 1880-1900
  • Identifier
  • 20100413-ocl-0756
  • Source Identifier
  • 2003.05
  • Description
  • Oakmonters in the late nineteenth century enjoyed canoe races on the Allegheny for weekend entertainment. There are quite a few participants in this race. Most of the canoes are manned by two people. During the 1880s and 1890s, professional rowing events were held on the Hulton Course in Oakmont. This course, which went from Twelve Mile Island to Verona, Pa was considered one of the best courses in the United States. To watch these rowing events, flatcars with bleachers would be set up on the railroad tracks for spectators. These flatcars, located on the Harmarville bank of the Allegheny, would follow the racers along the tracks. The races involved quite a bit of betting. The Hulton Course was discontinued at the very end of the nineteenth century due to charges of corruption, tampering with boats and rigged races. Originally from the Oakmont Centennial Book Collection.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Oakmont (Allegheny County, Pa.)
    Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
    Canoes and canoeing--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Recreation--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
  • Source
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library Archives
  • Contributor
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library
  • Collection
  • Oakmont Historical Image Collection
  • Rights Information
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