Schuylkill Rowing Basin

Schuylkill Rowing Basin is a reservoir in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Schuylkill Rowing Basin is situated nearby to the neighborhood Mantua, as well as near Fairmount.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Philadelphia Museum of Art and Fairmount Water Works.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval.

Fairmount Water Works

Historic site

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The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was Philadelphia's second municipal waterworks. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and originally finished in 1815, it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction.

Rocky Steps

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The Rocky Steps is an informal name to the 72 stone steps leading up to the East entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia that gained global fame after being featured in a notable scene from the 1976 film Rocky.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mantua and Fairmount.

Mantua

Neighborhood

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Mantua is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located north of Spring Garden Street, east of 40th Street, south of Mantua Avenue, and west of 31st Street.

Fairmount

Neighborhood

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Fairmount is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are north of Fairmount Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.

Powelton Village

Neighborhood

Photo: MikeJones133, Public domain.

Powelton Village is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of mostly Victorian and twin style homes.

Schuylkill Rowing Basin

Type: Reservoir
Also known as: “Lock Number 71 and 72”
Categories: rowing and canoeing venue and body of water
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.96678° or 39° 58′ 0″ north

Longitude

-75.18629° or 75° 11′ 11″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

87F6XR87+PF

GeoNames ID

4561127

Wikidata ID

Q49702601

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In Other Languages

“Schuylkill Rowing Basin” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Schuylkill Rowing Basin”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fairmount Dam and 33rd and Wallace Playground.

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