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Anderson Memorial Bridge

The bridge stands next to the Weld Boathouse and was designed with "a high enough arch to admit the passage of all sorts of pleasure craft." It may be noted that both the bridge and the boathouse (built in 1906) were funded by heirs to the fortune of 19th century magnate William Fletcher Weld.

Beckwith Boathouse

Sue Beckwith, M.D., Boathouse, or simply Beckwith Boathouse, is an athletic facility at the University of Iowa.

Boathouse Group

Boathouse was founded in 2001 by founding partners John Connors, III (former head of Zentropy Partners and son of Jack Connors, founder of Hill Holliday) and Christopher Boland.

Boathouse Row

Each of the boathouses has its own history, and all have addresses on both Boathouse Row and Kelly Drive (named after famous Philadelphia oarsman John B. Kelly, Jr.).

Boeing Model 1

The first B & W was completed in June 1916 at Boeing's boathouse hangar on Lake Union in Seattle, Washington.

Burnham Area Rescue Boat

In June 1994, the boathouse was built in the space of three days by Anneka Rice and a team of builders for the BBC TV series Challenge Anneka.

Capture of Guam

Lieutenant John Twiggs Myers, later known for his command during the Boxer Rebellion, marched the Marines through the boathouse and lined them up so that the Spanish and native troops were between the Americans and the ocean.

Cataraqui Town Centre

New stores that opened in 2008 include Aéropostale, Mrs. Fields, Boathouse, Sterling Shoes, Teaopia, Ricki's, Eclipse, Jimmy the Greek, Dynamite, Costa Blanca, Koodoo Mobile and Freshly Squeezed.

Derwent Island House

In 1778 Joseph Pocklington bought the island (then known as Vicar's Island) and built a house, boathouse, fort and battery, and Druid circle folly on the land.

Design Inc.

Most episodes take place in a conventional home or condo space, although the firm and the series have also taken on projects in a boathouse, a yurt, a hotel room, a Toronto restaurant, a converted pigsty, a baseball player's luxury suite at the Rogers Centre, and Toronto's Carlu theatre and event space.

Edinburgh Canal Society

In 2008, the Boathouse and one of the rowing boats were a filming location for a creative documentary, commissioned in Ireland and named An Paísti Beo Bocht, about the life of Patrick MacGill, the Irish journalist, author and poet, nicknamed "The Navvy Poet" due to his earlier occupation as navvy on the canals.

Gary Walters

Other projects have included the construction of the Class of 1952 Stadium, new squash courts in Jadwin Gym, the addition of 16 locker rooms to the Caldwell Field House and the renovation and expansion of the boathouse to the Shea Rowing Center.

Green Templeton Boat Club

It is based in the Longbridges boathouse on the Isis, which is co-owned by the college and shared with Hertford, St Hilda's, St Catz, Mansfield and St Benet's.

Keble College Boat Club

The boat club is based in its boathouse on the Isis, which is shared with Jesus College, but spend most of the year training on the Godstow stretch to the North.

Kenny Deuchar

Deuchar is a company director in Town House Restaurants Ltd which owns and operates the Wheelhouse restaurant, located close to the Falkirk Wheel in Falkirk and the new Boathouse restaurant at Auchinstary basin, in Kilsyth.

Lancaster University Boat Club

After two years of sharing John O’Gaunt’s boathouse, the club moved to its current location, the old Halton railway station.

Marietta College

John Strotbeck, Jr. - Former U.S. Olympic Rower and owner of Boathouse Sports.

Alumni include two-time Olympian and CEO of Boathouse Sports, John Strotbeck, Jr., and 2003 World Championship silver medalist in the USA Lightweight Eight, Andrew Bolton.

Marshall Newell

After Newell's death, Harvard alumni donated $2,000 to construct a new boathouse on the Charles River for use by the crew and named the Newell Boat House.

Pacific Lutheran University Crew

In 1998 the team moved up the lake to its new boathouse, located at Harry Todd Park in Tillicum.

Paul Smith's Hotel

It started as a seventeen room inn, though by the start of the 20th century it would grow to 255 rooms with a boathouse with quarters for sixty guides, stables, casino, bowling alley, and a wire to the New York Stock Exchange.

Pier 66

North River Pier 66, a public boathouse on the Hudson River in Manhattan, New York, USA

Pocock Racing Shells

They were commissioned to build to single sculling boats for the Vancouver Rowing Club’s boathouse, without moorage, and found that at low tide they rested precariously on the mud flats.

Trebah

One of the subsequent owners was Donald Healey, the motor car designer, who removed some of the concrete military structures and provided a boathouse on the beach.

UCLA Marina Aquatic Center

A cinder block boathouse was built to replace a wooden boathouse structure on Ballona Creek.

Weld Boathouse

This bridge was designed with "a high enough arch to admit the passage of all sorts of pleasure craft." Both the Weld Boathouse and the Anderson Memorial Bridge were funded by heirs to the fortune of 19th century magnate William Fletcher Weld.


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